Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SE ABBEY FOREGATE
653-1/16/76 (South side)
30/05/69 Abbey Guest House, remains
(Formerly Listed as:
ABBEY FOREGATE
(South side)
Remains of Ancient Abbey Guesthouse
& Mill in Messrs B Edwards' Timber
Yard)

GV II*

Guest house or gate house of Shrewsbury Abbey, later used as
part of timber yard. Late C13. Coursed and squared red
sandstone extended in brick with plain tiled roof. 2 storeys,
3-bay plan, with 2 gable walls and part of side walls of
original structure surviving. Gable walls each have remains of
chamfered arched window. North elevation largely as rebuilt to
serve wood yard, with inserted double doors and workshop
windows on each floor, and loading door at upper level.
Lower added wing projecting from this elevation is built
against the single surviving wall of another abbey structure.
This is a continuation of the west wall of the main building,
buttressed, and with traces of the springing for a vaulted
ceiling towards the west. This west wall may incorporate an
earlier precinct wall, and may represent an original
watergate.
(West Midlands Archaeology: Baker N).

Listing NGR: SJ4976412409

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542318

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)