Description

SJ4912NW
653-1/11/250
10/01/53

SHREWSBURY
COUNCIL HOUSE COURTYARD
(South East side)
Nos.1 AND 2

GV
II*

Pair of houses. c1700, with substantial elements of an earlier
structure visible in No.1. Brick with Welsh slate roof.
3 storeys, 6-window range to courtyard elevation. Each house
of 3 bays, but differently planned: No.1 has central entrance
with 6-panelled door in pedimented architrave with Corinthian
fluted pilasters. No.2 has entrance to left with 6-panelled
door with overlight in moulded architrave with console
brackets to canopy. Windows are flush-framed 12-pane sashes
with moulded sills and flat arched gauged brick heads. Blank
recessed panels over windows in parapet. Stone angle quoins.
Rear elevation to garden of 3 storeys and 11 bays, with curved
gable ends and long parapet concealing roofline. Side
elevation of No.2 is largely an earlier construction, brick
and roughcast render over possible timber frame. Steeply
pitched roof and a series of axial stacks.
INTERIORS: early C18 staircases with turned balusters and
moulded tread ends, and some fine wall-panelling.

Listing NGR: SJ4942512694

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542463

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)