Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE ST MICHAEL'S STREET, Ditherington 653-1/4/746 (North West side) Nos.56-59 (Consecutive)

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses (now 3), formerly the apprentice house for Benyon and Bage's flax mill. c1800 with later modifications. John Simpson, architect and builder. Brick with Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, wide 4-window range. Paired doors beneath single pedimented hoods (one door now a window in right-hand pair). 4-pane sash windows with cambered brick heads (blind window spaces on ground and second storeys in left-hand unit). Painted plaque in centre of elevation reads "Ann Hill". Hipped roof to left, and 3-window-range return elevation, with wide 6-pane sashes, the central spaces blind. End wall and axial stacks. The house is built of "great bricks", which link it decisively with the Ditherington flax mill complex (qv), where they were used in all building work prior to 1805. (Macleod M, Trinder B & Worthington M: Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury: Ironbridge: 1988-).

Listing NGR: SJ4975113626

External Links

• Wikidata Q26560623

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)