Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SW ST ALKMOND'S SQUARE
653-1/15/527 (South side)
19/09/72 St Julian's House
(Formerly Listed as:
ST ALKMOND'S SQUARE
(South side)
St Julian's Vicarage)

GV II

Former vicarage, now a private house. Visible detail largely
late C19, but with possible C17 core. Mock timber over brick
lower storey, with plain tiled roof.
2 storeys with attic, 3 bays, with outer gables and central
full-height gabled porch. with stone plinth and quatrefoil
panelled timbering above, and a continuous range of mullioned
windows with leaded lights over the 4-centred arched door
which has "Abide with me" inscribed in the lintel. A further
inscription on the central mullion reads, "Hold up my going in
thy paths". Ornate barge-boards to gable over.
Asymmetrical fenestration in the outer gabled bays, with small
doorway to left, and a 2-light casement window with stone
quoins, balanced by a similar window on the right. Immediately
left of porch is a series of 3 foiled lancets, and there is a
single lancet window to its right. Traces of earlier blue and
red Flemish bond brickwork in the right-hand section.
Ornate mock timbering to upper storeys, with close studding
with quatrefoil panels, balustrading, lozenges, and ogee
braces.
In the left-hand bay at first-floor level is a slightly
projecting mullioned and transomed window, with decorative
leaded cames. The right-hand window is a full oriel. There are
2-light mullioned and transomed windows beneath the gables,
which have slightly jettied apexes. Rear wall and gable end
stacks. Traces of earlier brickwork in rear wall, which is
timber framed with brick nogging.

Listing NGR: SJ4931612465

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26685321

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)