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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561057

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]