Description

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SJ5012SW
653-1/17/42

SHREWSBURY
ABBEY FOREGATE (South side)
No.129

(Formerly Listed as: ABBEY FOREGATE (South side) Nos.128 AND 129)

19/09/72

GV
II

House. c1830. Stucco over brick with low pitched Welsh slate roof. Main block of two storeys, with three-storey service range.

West elevation two storeys, three-window range, the ground floor projecting with hipped roof. Central French doors and two-pane sash windows each side, blind windows above. Three-storey service range recessed to the left, with 12- and 8-pane sash windows to ground floor, single three-pane sash window above.

Garden front a four-window range, with four-pane sash windows with horizontal divisions and moulded architraves. The right-hand section comprises a full-height segmental bay. Axial stacks.

Single-storey range links this house to No.128 Abbey Foregate (qv) and the two were built as a pair, and are almost identical.

Listing NGR: SJ5048812138

External Links

• Wikidata Q26561375

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover