Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 52.6622 / 52°39'43"N
Longitude: -2.3728 / 2°22'22"W
OS Eastings: 374879
OS Northings: 307227
OS Grid: SJ748072
Mapcode National: GBR 070.0XZ
Mapcode Global: WH9DB.JB9Y
Plus Code: 9C4VMJ6G+VV
Entry Name: Former Workhouse at Shifnal Hospital
Listing Date: 29 August 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1367622
English Heritage Legacy ID: 255279
ID on this website: 101367622
Location: Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Shifnal
Built-Up Area: Shifnal
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Shifnal St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Architectural structure
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 3 July 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards
SJ 7407-7507
10/36
SHIFNAL C.P.
Park Court
(Formerly listed as PARK STREET (West side) Former Workhouse at Shifnal Hospital.)
II
Workhouse, Hospital at time of listing. 1817 with 1841 additions at rear. Red brick with ashlar dressings, and hipped slate roof. L-plan. Two storeys. Plinth, first floor cill band, dentil brick eaves cornice, ridge stacks off-centre to right and left, and ridge stack on wing. Ten bays,left hand bay projecting; glazing bar sashes with gauged heads, first floor C19 wooden cross window to right; blind arcaded ground floor with two orders of arches. Right-hand bay blank, second and third bays from right with C19 wooden cross windows, and left-hand bay with three-light C20 casement. Pairs of C19 three-panelled doors with over-lights in fourth and sixth bays from left, and C20 doors with overlight and rendered surround in seventh bay from left. Right-hand wing with two bay left-hand return front; first floor C19 wooden cross windows, ground floor C19 four-paned sash to right, and blocked door with overlight to left. This is an example of a workhouse constructed before the standardised designs built after the 1834 Poor Law.
N. Pevsner, B.O.E., Shropshire, p.245.
Listing NGR: SJ7487907227
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
