Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW SCHOOL GARDENS 653-1/11/602 (West side) 10/01/53 Nos.3A AND 4 School Chambers (Formerly Listed as: SCHOOL GARDENS (North West side) No.3A Dugdale's Antique Shop) (Formerly Listed as: SCHOOL GARDENS (North West side) Premises occupied by Henn Vale & Sons (Quantity Surveyors))

GV II

Shop, formerly dwelling. c1600, with additions of c1900. Timber-framed with plain tiled roof, extended in brick with mock timbering. 3 parallel ranges with gables facing street, the original structure to the centre. Original structure framed in small square panels with enriched quatrefoil decoration, billet moulded cross beam, and close studding with quatrefoil panels in gable apex. Inserted C20 shop front to ground floor, and 3-light casement window above. Fluted brick axial stack. This range now flanked by 2 additional gabled ranges, with inserted shop fronts to ground floor, and mock timbering above. Rear range at right angles to the original building probably added in early C18. Painted brick with plain tiled roof. Doorway with overlight to left, and three 12-pane sashes to ground floor and 12-pane sashes above. Deep modillion eaves cornice to overhanging roof. Curved coping to gable, with end wall stack. INTERIOR to this section contains fine early C18 open-well staircase with turned balusters and closed string and ground-floor room to right has fielded panelling. Single bay addition to this range, possibly early C19 with 12-pane sash in each floor.

Listing NGR: SJ4934112755

External Links

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Recommended Books

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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)