Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW TOWN WALLS
653-1/15/675 (South side)
10/01/53 Nos.22-25 (Consecutive)
The Crescent (25) and adjoining
railings

GV II

Terrace of 4 dwellings built on a shallow curve, some now in
use as offices. c1790. Attributed to Joseph Bromfield, a local
plasterer and architect. Brick with low pitched Welsh slate
roof. 3 storeys over basement, each dwelling a 2-window range.
Doorway of each unit to the left, with architrave recessed in
shallow arch and 6-panelled doors with ornamental traceried
fanlights. Ground-floor windows slightly recessed, with
ornamental fanlight of doorways echoed in plasterwork over.
Upper windows are 12-pane sashes with flat-arched brick heads.
Parapet eaves cornice. End wall stacks. Cast-iron railings
adjoin over basement area. Rear elevation has stone eaves
parapet and advanced 4 central bays with brick pilasters.
No.25 listed 30.5.69.
(Colvin H: A Dictionary of British Architects: London: 1978-).

Listing NGR: SJ4905812198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560606

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)