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The Old School House

A Grade II Listed Building in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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Latitude: 52.7104 / 52°42'37"N

Longitude: -2.7512 / 2°45'4"W

OS Eastings: 349345

OS Northings: 312793

OS Grid: SJ493127

Mapcode National: GBR BJ.29CN

Mapcode Global: WH8BT.Q43G

Plus Code: 9C4VP66X+5G

Entry Name: The Old School House

Listing Date: 10 January 1953

Last Amended: 17 November 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1254868

English Heritage Legacy ID: 458181

Also known as: Premises occupied by H Hardy Limited
British Railways (Western Region) Engineer's Office

ID on this website: 101254868

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Shrewsbury

Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Shrewsbury St Chad

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW SCHOOL GARDENS
653-1/11/604 (West side)
10/01/53 The Old School House
(Formerly Listed as:
SCHOOL GARDENS
Premises occupied by H Hardy Limited)

GV II

Formerly known as: British Railways (Western Region)
Engineer's Office SCHOOL GARDENS.
Offices, formerly part of school. C16, refronted c1818 in
neo-Tudor style by E and JH Haycock, for the then headmaster,
Dr Samuel Butler. Painted brick with plain tiled roof. 2
storeys, advanced gable and projecting wing to right. Doorway
in angle with hoodmould over archway, and full-height canted
bay to its left, with embattled parapet. Upper windows are
round-arched mullions of 1 and 2 lights, with hoodmoulds.
Projecting wing has single-light mullion to ground floor,
2-lights above.
INTERIOR: traces of earlier building survive, including an
early C17 staircase with bulbous splat balusters.
(Colvin H: A Dictionary of British Architects: London: 1978-).


Listing NGR: SJ4934712798

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