Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW BUTCHER ROW
653-1/11/136 (South West side)
10/01/53 Nos.13, 14 AND 15
The Abbot's House

GV I

Row of 3 shops, possibly purpose-built with dwellings over.
Late C15. Timber-framed with plain tiled roof. 3-bay plan with
gable to left, and long range to right.
3 storeys. 5-window range. Ground floor entirely divided into
3 original shop units (restored C19), each with paired
4-centred arched windows and doorway. Interlace frieze over
each doorway. In the long range, the 2 units are separated by
a wide arch giving access to the rear. Jettied upper storey
has moulded bressumer and is framed in close studding with
middle rail. Moulded bressumer to jettied second storey framed
in square panelling with curved arched braces.
At first floor, the principal bays marked by wider posts with
superimposed shafts and 4 canted oriel windows flanked by
3-light casements projecting on brackets. 3-light casement
window in first floor of gable, with 4-light casements above,
all projecting on brackets. Interlace decoration on tie-beam
of gable, and cusped panelling on corner post carrying dragon
beam.
Return elevation to Fish Street has framing divided into 2
principal bays by arched braced central post. Inserted door
and casement windows to ground floor, and casements projecting
on brackets above.
A remarkably complete and significant surviving example of a
late medieval town house, with evidence for original shop
units.
(Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to
the Mid C17: 1953-).

Listing NGR: SJ4923112535

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529677

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings