Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812SE SWAN HILL
653-1/14/635 (North West side)
10/01/53 The Old Porch House

GV II*

House. Dated 1628 but probably somewhat earlier. Timber-framed
with plain tiled roof. 2 storeys, 3-window range. Framed in
close studding with middle rail to ground floor with some
tension bracing, small, irregular square panels above. Central
full-height gabled porch projects, with heavy carved brackets
to doorway. Dated on tie-beam above, but almost certainly an
addition to an earlier structure - it cuts the framing of the
wall behind. 2- and 3-light leaded mullioned and transomed
windows on each floor, the upper windows in slightly
projecting cases. 12-pane sash windows in gable end. Long rear
wing possibly a C18 addition. Rear wall stack to right.

Listing NGR: SJ4899112366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550558

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)