Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/07/2017

SJ 51 SW,
653-1/5/794

SHREWSBURY,
RACECOURSE CRESCENT (north-west side),
Former Monkmoor School,

(Formerly listed as: Monkmore School)

17/10/95

II

Senior open-air school. 1928-30. Red brick and half-timbering
with plain tile roof and tall brick stacks. Blue brick plinth.
Single storey plus attic. Double courtyard plan with central
assembly hall. Ground floor brick with herringbone nogging,
upper floors timber-framed with plaster infill.
Entrance front has recessed gabled centre with set-back ground
floor with central foundation plaque flanked by single doors,
upper floor with large 3-light glazing bar window supported on
iron columns. Either side are projecting gabled pavilions each
with an ashlar Tudor arched doorway and two glazing bar windows,
in the upper gables each wing has a tripartite glazing bar
window. Flanking classroom wings have open wooden arcade with
set back full height glazing bar windows, upper floors have four
tall dormer windows on each side with 2-light glazing bar
casements. similar end pavilions have Tudor ashlar doorways
with two glazing bar windows. Side wings have very tall through
eaves dormer windows with gables and glazing bars. Inner
courtyard facades have wooden arcades and full height glazing
bar windows and gabled dormer windows above. Central Assembly
Hall has four tall through eaves dormer windows with gables and
glazing bars.

This open-air school is included as a good quality, well
preserved example of its type.

Listing NGR: SJ5065812945

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546413

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