Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW WYLE COP
653-1/15/730 (South side)
10/01/53 Nos.71, 72 AND 73
(Formerly Listed as:
WYLE COP
(South side)
Nos.71, 72 AND 73
including Nos. 1 and 2 Barrack's
Passage (to rear))

GV I

Pair of shops, originally dwelling but possibly also
incorporating early shops. Mid C15. Timber-framed with plain
tiled roof. Sloping site, with 4 storeys to lower section, 3
to upper, divided by central arch to passage.
4-window range. Lower storey partly renewed in brick with
traditional-style shop windows inserted late C20. Framing in
upper storeys is close studding, with middle rail in first
floor and cusped braces across central section above. Deep
coved jetty to second floor with moulded brackets. 3 casement
windows with leaded lights over shop front in left-hand
section. Paired 4-light mullioned and transomed windows above
to left, one original (restored) with ornate traceried heads.
Below this window a plaque reads "Henry VII lodged here in
1485 before Bosworth". 6-light mullioned and transomed oriel
window over passage entry, and paired 2-light mullioned and
transomed window to right. Some original (restored)
fenestration in second storey: paired traceried 3-light
windows to left, and a 6-light window centrally. Plain 4-light
mullioned window to right. Exposed framing in side walls to
passage, with tension braces, and an ogee arched timber
doorway. Gable end stack.
The building probably comprises a first-floor hall originally
built over shops. An outstanding late medieval town house, the
survival of original fenestration to the exterior being
particularly notable. Rear wing forms Trotting Horse building
on Barracks Passage (qv).
(Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to
the mid C17: 1953-).

Listing NGR: SJ4934912329

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529683

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy