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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538747

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)