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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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26649107

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (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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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)