Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW WINDSOR PLACE
653-1/11/695 (South West side)
10/01/53 Perches House

GV II*

House or mansion. Late C16. Timber-framed with brick plinth
and plain tiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3-window range in main section facing
street. Low ground floor within plinth with central 6-panelled
door and renewed windows flanking it. Moulded bressumer
suggests that upper storey may once have been jettied out: it
is framed with close studding with some middle rails, but the
irregular pattern of the timbering suggests a number of
different phases of construction.
Upper windows are 12-pane sashes, with a renewed 3-light
casement window to the left, and the blocked remains of an
earlier, perhaps original window, below it. Jettied second
storey with moulded bressumer, blocked window to left, then
two 16-pane sashes in slightly projecting cases. Evenly spaced
close studding with mid-rail. 1 dormer in the roof, gable end
stacks.
Right-hand section beyond in separate occupation, and possibly
a different phase of construction. Also 3 storeys, 4-window
range with 6-panelled door to left of centre in moulded
architrave with vestigial canopy. Flanking windows are 2- and
4-light casements. 12-pane sash windows to first floor. Plain
bressumer to jettied upper storey, which has sash windows of 2
and 4-panes. 2 dormers in the roof. Additional bay to right
with steeper pitched roof. Brick to ground and first floor
then plaster over timber frame to jettied upper storey.
Tripartite sash window to first floor, 12-pane sash window to
second storey, and dormer in the roof.

Listing NGR: SJ4933512660

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550426

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)