Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ5012SW ABBEY FOREGATE 653-1/17/31 (North side) Nos.102 AND 103

GV II

Pair of houses. c1860. Brick with plain tiled roof. 2-storey 4-window range. Exactly symmetrical sturdy Gothic style, with projecting outer gabled wings linked by glazed verandah carried on chamfered wood column and corbels. Paired casement windows beneath the verandah with steeply arched heads. 2 high gabled dormers corbelled out above, with 2-light casement windows with steeply arched heads. Canted bay with hipped roof in ground floor of projecting wings, and high gabled dormer carried on corbels above. Stone moulded eaves cornice. Doors in lean-to porches against the outer walls. Axial stacks with diagonal flues. A robust and unusual interpretation of Domestic Gothic Revival.

Listing NGR: SJ5033212293

External Links

• Wikidata Q26538747

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