Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812NE ST GEORGE'S STREET 653-1/10/545 (South side) 19/09/72 Church of St George (Formerly Listed as: ST GEORGE'S PLACE Church of St George)

GV II

Church. 1832. By John Hiram Haycock. Ashlar facing over brick with Welsh slate roofs. In Commissioners' Gothic style. West tower, single-span roof over nave, short transepts and shallow chancel. 3-stage tower with doorway and lancet window over, each with hoodmoulds, clock in second stage, and paired lights to bell chamber above. Corbel table with gargoyles, embattled parapet with angle finials. Slight angle buttresses to tower and nave. 4 lancet lights to nave, and triple lancet lights in chancel east wall. INTERIOR: largely a single space, with shallow chancel. Oak panelled reredos and traceried plaster panels over. Hatchment on chancel north wall. Stained glass in east window by Davide Evans, depicting figures of saints. Abstract stained glass in transept windows. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire: Harmondsworth: 1858-).

Listing NGR: SJ4874713004

External Links

• Wikidata Q26628621

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)