Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW SCHOOL GARDENS 653-1/11/603 (West side) 10/01/53 Sydney House (Formerly Listed as: SYDNEY COURT Sydney House)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.1 SYDNEY COURT. House, now in use as offices. Early C18. Brick with Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 5-window range with 6-panelled door in architrave with Ionic columns to right of centre, and inserted sash windows to its left. Segmental heads of original windows also visible. Added canted bay window to right of doorway. Upper windows are 4-pane sashes with segmentally-arched heads to first floor, flat heads to second, suggesting insertions. Continuous sill bands. Gable end stacks, and an added stack to front. Rear elevation has central door giving access to external staircase added late C20, flanked by canted bay windows which are later additions. Upper windows are sashes of 6 and 12 panes, with flat-arched heads and are clearly insertions. 3 gabled dormers in the roof, coped gable to left. The building incorporates the remains of an early C18 town gaol, together with Rodney House and the Old Police House (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ4931812756

External Links

• Wikidata Q26560616

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey