Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812NE

653-1/10/184

CLAREMONT BANK

(East side)

1-8 Claremont Bank and attached railings (Consecutive)

10/01/53

II*

Terrace of eight houses, now offices. c 1830. Stucco over brick with Welsh slate roof. Three-storeyed with full basements. Grouped in pairs which are stepped down the slope, each pair a six-window range. Ground-floor windows and doors recessed in shallow arches: recessed Doric fluted shafts to paired doorcases and six-panelled doors with overlights. Tripartite sash windows with incised key decoration on mullions. First-floor windows are twelve-pane sashes in segmentally-arched recesses. Moulded cornice to eaves parapet. Side wall stacks.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron area railings throughout.

Nos.5-8 listed 30.5.69.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550664

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)