Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW COLLEGE HILL
653-1/15/225 (South West side)
10/01/53 No.11

GV II

House. Late C16 or early C17, refronted in later C18.
Timber-framed with brick facade, plain tiled roof. 3-storeyed,
main elevation a 3-window range with central 6-panelled door
in reeded architrave with moulded consoles to entablature, and
panelled rebates. Flanking windows are 4-pane sashes with
flat-arched gauged brick heads. Rear wing of slightly less
height. Gable end stacks. This disposition represents the
original plan of the building.
INTERIOR: central staircase with turned balusters rising the
full-height of the building, and deep projecting panelled
chimneypiece in left-hand room.
Most of the original framing, including the roof trusses
survives, and is partly exposed on the rear elevation.

Listing NGR: SJ4906212389

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539383

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)