| HER Number (PRN): | 62540 |
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| Name: | Castle Street south tenements |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- TENEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a tenement of medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4928 1268 |
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Related records
| 60244 | Related to: Fragment of Town Wall, Traitor's Gate Restaurant, St Mary's Water Lane, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 60245 | Related to: Possible fragment of Town Wall, 31a Castle Street, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 62531 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Section: S of Council Ho) (Monument) |
| 62502 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey defences, (east side) (Monument) |
| 62503 | Related to: Shrewsbury Castle, outer bailey gate (Monument) |
| 60306 | Related to: Worked antler finds, 32-33 Castle Street, Shrewsbury (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Tenement plot series (morphological component). A series of six plots on the south side of Castle Street with tails curving and tapering to the east, converging on the line of the town wall (62531),and encroaching forward from the general line of the southern frontage at the site of the former Outer Bailey gate (62503). The encroachment is most apparent on the 1st ed. O.S. 1:500 at nos. 29 and 30, which projected c.3-4m from the general frontage line; the feature is still apparent but less marked following the redevelopment of the Thornes Hall/Co-op site (no.28). The morphology of this group appears to have been in part determined by the course of the Outer Bailey defences (62502),and by a drop in ground level from north to south into the defile occupied by St Mary's Water Lane; this defile has been adapted by terracing, apparent particularly in the three-level basement premises of the Traitor's Gate Restaurant, Water Lane, the micro-terraces of which reflect the converging plot boundaries at the rear of this series <1>
<01a> Baker Nigel J, 1996, SUAD Field Visit Records File (Field recording form). SSA22030.
<01> Baker Nigel J, 1996, UAD Field Visit File I (Field recording form). SSA10337.
Sources
| [01] | SSA10337 - Field recording form: Baker Nigel J. 1996. UAD Field Visit File I. Shrewsbury UAD field survey sheets. |
| [01a] | SSA22030 - Field recording form: Baker Nigel J. 1996. SUAD Field Visit Records File. Shrewsbury Urban Archaeological Database. |
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 10 2003 10:26AM |
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