Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW MILK STREET
653-1/15/443 (North West side)
10/01/53 No.8
(Formerly Listed as:
MILK STREET
(North West side)
Nos.8 AND 8A)

GV II

House, later 2 shops, now one. Late C16 or early C17 with mid
C18 facade. Painted brick over timber-frame with Welsh slate
roof.
2 storeys, 6-window range. Early C19 bow window to left, and a
pair of late C19 shop fronts with outer doorways and windows
divided by thin glazing bars. Upper windows are 12-pane sashes
(one blind). Overhanging moulded wood eaves cornice, single
gabled dormer in roof.
INTERIOR: has exposed timber-framing in partition and rear
walls. Late C17 staircase in left-hand section, with moulded
rail and turned balusters. Wall panelling in front and rear
ground-floor rooms: simple panels and frieze in front
left-hand room, ornate overmantel with tracery and scalloped
decoration to rear, probably not in situ.

Listing NGR: SJ4923512382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546308

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)