Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE OLD ROMAN ROAD
653-1/4/471 Kingsland Grange

II

House, in use as school since 1910. Dated 1884. Rock-faced
sandstone to ground floor, mock timberwork above, with
balustraded posts and cusped quatrefoils. Plain tiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4-window range, including service block
to left. Gabled entrance porch in centre, at left of main
block, with heavy timberwork and stained-glass windows
illustrating the poem, "Gather ye Rosebuds".
Right-hand gable projects, with squared 5-light bay window to
ground floor. Sash windows with small panes in upper lights
throughout. Gablet over upper window to right of doorway.
Enriched gable bressumers and barge-boards. Parallel gables in
return elevation to garden, with large canted bay window to
rear dining room. Tall axial brick star shaped stacks.
INTERIOR: entrance hall to left of main block, with linenfold
dado panelling, heavy fireplace, the mantel supported by
heraldic beasts, and carrying a text in raised letters: "East
and West Home is Best". Staircase with turned newels rising to
a gallery lit by large window with stained-glass roundels
illustrating kings and queens of England.
Drawing room to right, with plaster panelled ceiling, and
marble fireplace in Adam style, white with inlaid gold marble
forming fluted pilasters each side, and low relief panels
over. Dining room to rear with massive inglenook with
overmantel with mirror, built-in benches and cupboards.
Original fireplaces survive in many rooms, one with tiles
illustrating biblical scenes. One bedroom has frieze painted
possibly early C20, with scenes from Alice in Wonderland in a
style reminiscent of Walter Crane. The house was built for the
Treasure family.

Listing NGR: SJ4833011484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546347

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