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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26681757

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)