Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812NE CLAREMONT BANK
653-1/10/183 (West side)
10/01/53 Nos 1-6 (Cons) Claremont Buildings
(terrace) and attached railings and
steps

GV II

Terrace of 6 houses, now offices. Early C19. By John Carline.
Ashlar faced, rusticated to ground floor, Welsh slate shallow
mansard roof.
3 storeys over basement, 12-window range (4-1-2-2-2-1). Ground
floor openings all contained in round-arched recesses. 2
left-hand units have paired 6-panelled doors with simply
glazed fanlights (more ornate floral tracery pattern in left
hand doorway), flanked by sash windows. To the right, 2-storey
porch blocks each of 2 bays with paired doorways divided by
wide pilaster with console brackets to heavy projecting
cornice. These porches are separated by a 2-window range. Deep
cornice over ground floor, then 12-pane sash windows with flat
heads and continuous sill band to first floor, and 6-pane
sashes to attic storey. Heavy projecting cornice and parapet
over.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron railings to basement area, and
flanking steps to raised pavement at right-hand end of
terrace.
No.2 listed 30.5.69.

Listing NGR: SJ4879412534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561073

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings