Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW COLLEGE HILL 653-1/15/226 (South West side) 30/05/69 No.12 Apothecaries House

GV II

House. Early C18, incorporating elements of an earlier building on the site, and extensively restored C20. Brick with plain tiled roof and some internal timbering. Main elevation faces south: 2 storeys with attic, 2-window range beneath wide gable partially rebuilt. French windows to ground floor, 12-pane sashes above, and 2-light casements in attic. Side entrance. Narrower gable to right with single window to each floor forms flying freehold over part of No.10 College Hill (qv). Axial stack. INTERIOR: wide entrance hall runs the length of the rear of the house, with early C18 staircase with turned balusters and closed string. Late C18 marble Adam-style fireplace in one ground-floor room. Extensive remains of earlier timber frame largely re-sited and forming present roof structure, including one deeply moulded possibly C16 beam. 2 painted plaster panels were removed from window embrasures during recent restoration work.

Listing NGR: SJ4905912375

External Links

• Wikidata Q26561057

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair