Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE HOLYHEAD ROAD, Shelton
653-1/4/772 (North side)
19/09/72 Nos.1-4 (Consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
HOLYHEAD ROAD
Almshouses, Nos.1-5 (Consec))

II

Row of 3 cottages and adjacent house. Probably early C18 but
extensively restored. Brick with plain tiled roofs. Cottages
to right are single-storeyed with attic dormers, each a
single-unit plan originally, the layouts now modified and No.3
entered via house block adjacent. Added lean-to porches to
Nos.2 & 3, simple door in cambered brick arch to No.1. 2-light
casement windows with cambered brick heads to first floor,
gabled dormers above. End wall and axial stacks. No.4 is a
larger building adjacent. 2 storeys and attic, 2 parallel
gables with short wing to left. 3-light casement windows on
each floor beneath the gables (2-light casements to attic),
and entrance in wing to left. Axial stack between the two
gables.

Listing NGR: SJ4662213362

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560772

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)