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Latitude: 52.7095 / 52°42'34"N
Longitude: -2.7564 / 2°45'22"W
OS Eastings: 348994
OS Northings: 312693
OS Grid: SJ489126
Mapcode National: GBR BJ.2836
Mapcode Global: WH8BT.M5N5
Plus Code: 9C4VP65V+QC
Entry Name: The King's Head Public House
Listing Date: 10 January 1953
Last Amended: 17 November 1995
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1270680
English Heritage Legacy ID: 457605
ID on this website: 101270680
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: Pub
SHREWSBURY
SJ4812NE MARDOL
653-1/10/426 (North East side)
10/01/53 The King's Head Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
MARDOL
(East side)
King's Head Inn)
GV II*
Public house, possibly built as inn. Late C15. Timber-framed
with plain tiled roof.
3 storeys, wide 2-window range. Central doorway with
continuous band of windows to ground floor, reproducing the
traceried detail of original windows. Jettied first storey
framed in large panels with cusped arch bracing at each end
and centrally forming trefoiled panels. Paired windows forming
two 6-light casements with traceried heads. Second storey also
jettied, and framed in large panels with plain bracing and
joweled central post. Paired windows form 6-light casements
with leaded panes.
INTERIOR: remains of wall-painting exposed and conserved on
internal wall, representing Last Supper.
(Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to
the Mid C17: 1953-).
Listing NGR: SJ4899412693
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