Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE VICARAGE ROAD, Meole Brace 653-1/4/764 (West side) 19/09/72 Old School House and Prudence Cottage (Formerly Listed as: VICARAGE ROAD, Meole Brace Old School House and Nos.1 and 2 School Cottages)

GV II

Pair of cottages. Part dated 1683 but unreliable as evidence as re-cut or re-sited. Most of the structure is C18 with later alterations. Brick with plain tiled hipped roof. 2 storeys and single-storey and attic. Old School House has doorway to left and projecting canted bay window with continuous lean-to porch roof over. Casement windows above of 2 and 3 lights. Nogged string course continues into Prudence Cottage, which has central door in gabled porch with 2-light casement windows each side of it and 2 gabled dormers above. Nogged string course is cut by porch and there is a possible blocked door to the left. Right-hand bay is a separate build, and has dentilled eaves cornice. Renewed datestone with initials I over RE.

Listing NGR: SJ4857610718

External Links

• Wikidata Q26560579

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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)