Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812NE MARDOL
653-1/10/426 (North East side)
10/01/53 The King's Head Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
MARDOL
(East side)
King's Head Inn)

GV II*

Public house, possibly built as inn. Late C15. Timber-framed
with plain tiled roof.
3 storeys, wide 2-window range. Central doorway with
continuous band of windows to ground floor, reproducing the
traceried detail of original windows. Jettied first storey
framed in large panels with cusped arch bracing at each end
and centrally forming trefoiled panels. Paired windows forming
two 6-light casements with traceried heads. Second storey also
jettied, and framed in large panels with plain bracing and
joweled central post. Paired windows form 6-light casements
with leaded panes.
INTERIOR: remains of wall-painting exposed and conserved on
internal wall, representing Last Supper.
(Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to
the Mid C17: 1953-).

Listing NGR: SJ4899412693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The King's Head Public House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17550599

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990