Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812SE ST JOHN'S HILL
653-1/14/560 (North West side)
10/01/53 Nos.19-23 (Consecutive)

GV II*

Terrace of 5 houses, built as a single development. c1750.
Brick with plain tiled roofs. 3-storeyed, each of identical
plan, mirrored through the row, 3-window range with outer
doorway. Segmentally-arched doorways in heavy moulded
architraves with side lights forming Palladian composition,
the 6-panelled doors largely recessed with panelled rebates
(apparently a later modification). Variable detailing on the
doorways, including incised decoration to architrave of No.21,
a pedimented case to No.20, and stained-glass leaded side
lights in Nos 22 & 23. Sash windows, the original form of
12-paned lights surviving in some units, though replaced in
others. Mullioned and transomed French windows with latticed
cast-iron balcony inserted in early C19 to first floor of
No.21. Wood modillion eaves cornice, axial stacks.
INTERIOR: some original staircases and panelling survive.

Listing NGR: SJ4886912378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540816

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings