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Latitude: 52.7099 / 52°42'35"N
Longitude: -2.7502 / 2°45'0"W
OS Eastings: 349411
OS Northings: 312734
OS Grid: SJ494127
Mapcode National: GBR BJ.29MJ
Mapcode Global: WH8BT.Q4KV
Plus Code: 9C4VP65X+XW
Entry Name: Council House Gatehouse and Gateway
Listing Date: 10 January 1953
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1247157
English Heritage Legacy ID: 456418
ID on this website: 101247157
Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Shrewsbury
Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Shrewsbury St Chad
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Gatehouse
SHREWSBURY
SJ4912NW COUNCIL HOUSE COURTYARD
653-1/11/253 (South East side)
10/01/53 Council House Gatehouse and Gateway
House
GV I
House and gatehouse. The house probably early C16, gatehouse
dated 1620. Timber-framed with brick panel infill and plain
tiled roofs.
Original building to north: low 2 storeys, probably 2-unit
plan. Framed in square panels with close studding in gable.
Casement windows in gable and side walls. Axial stack.
Later wing added at right-angles to this to the rear: probably
early C17. Framed in small square panelling with decorative
quatrefoil panels in gable, and two 4-light mullioned and
transomed windows in rear wall. Entrance is in lean-to porch
against the gable, probably added in the early C20.
Gatehouse block adjoins the south-west corner of this range:
dated 1620. Wide gateway with fluted Corinthian columns on
high bases each side, and possibly the original gates. Single
window above, and high gabled dormer over. Framed in
decorative small square panels with cusped quatrefoils.
4-light mullioned and transomed window, with enriched paired
round-arched panels below it, and enrichment surrounding
dormer window above. Vine-scroll decoration to tie-beam and
barge-boards. On the street side, two 3-light mullioned
windows with paired round-arched enriched panels beneath, and
2 high dormer windows over. 3-light Gothick window inserted
C19 alongside gateway.
Gateway House listed 30.5.69.
Listing NGR: SJ4941112734
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