Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW CASTLE STREET
653-1/11/175 (South East side)
Former Church of St Nicholas

GV II

Former church, now converted to offices. c1850. By RC Bennett
of Weymouth. Coursed and squared limestone, with plain tiled
roofs.
PLAN: Romanesque style with high and short nave, with lean-to
aisles, and vestigial apse.
EXTERIOR: high west gable, with deep moulding to round-arched
doorway with triple shafts and foliate and trumpet capitals.
Lean-to aisle to right with side door and round-arched window
in west end. Circular stair turret to left, with narrow stair
windows. Curved corner to north aisle, with doorway recessed
across angle, with engaged shafts with foliate capitals. 4-bay
aisle divided by a central buttress. Simple round-arched
windows, and circular windows in short clerestory above.
A well-articulated example, in the neo-Norman style, which
makes an important contribution to the streetscape.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire:
Harmondsworth: 1858-).

Listing NGR: SJ4941012747

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561106

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (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)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)