Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812SE MURIVANCE 653-1/14/457 (North East side) 10/01/53 Murivance House and Allatt House (Formerly Listed as: MURIVANCE Former Allatt's School)

GV II

Formerly known as: Shrewsbury Corporation Health Centre MURIVANCE. School, now pair of offices. c1800. By John Hiram Haycock. For John Allatt. Ashlar facing over brick, with hipped Welsh slate roof. Symmetrical composition, with central block and lower flanking ranges. Central block of 2 storeys, and 4 bays with outer doorways with 6-panelled doors with overlights in architraves with flat entablatures. Windows are 12-pane sashes, the central blind, though glazed. Plinth, sill band and eaves parapet with raised panel in the cornice, inscribed "Founded by John Allatt gent MDCCC." To each side of this central block, flanking pavilions are linked to the main block by triple-arched arcade now glazed with door and windows. The outer sections are each of 2 bays, with full-height recesses housing 12-pane sash windows. Plinth and parapet. Sundial with incised numerals in return wall of right-hand pavilion.

Listing NGR: SJ4891512307

External Links

• Wikidata Q26546311

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)