Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NE ABBEY FOREGATE 653-1/12/57 (North side) 30/05/69 Abbey House

GV II*

House now in use as offices. c1720. Brick with plain tiled roof. 3 storeys, 6-window range with wide central doorway with paired part-glazed doors with margin lights in moulded architrave with blind balustrade over entablature. Stone canted bay window to right, 2 sash windows to the left. Upper windows also 12-pane sashes with segmentally-arched heads with keystones to ground and first floors, stone heads linking to cornice in attic storey. Rubbed brick aprons to upper windows, and moulded stone sills throughout. Stone angle quoins. Rear elevation similarly detailed, with original wood mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor, and 2 central tall round-headed windows lighting the stairs. Gable end stacks. INTERIOR: wide central entrance hall with wall-panelling and wide shallow dogleg staircase with twisted balusters, 3 to each tread, and panelled tread-ends.

Listing NGR: SJ4998712506

External Links

• Wikidata Q17550695

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)