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HER Number (PRN):17160
Name:Pride Hill Chambers - rear of Nos 10-12 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
  • TOWER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

The above ground parts of Pride Hill Chambers were demolished at the beginning of the 1970s.

Parish:Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ41SE
Grid Reference:SJ 4916 1259

Related records

01095Related to: Shrewsbury town walls (13th century) (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Above ground storeys demolished prior to 1972 listing. C18th red brick, 2 storeys, 3+1 sash windows. Moulded wood doorcase with open pediment, coping. Massive staircase. Partly built over ancient square tower. Double gates in archways of wood with swept top and wrought iron cresting <0>

Excavated by Jenks, Toms and Carver in 1971-74 - now lower floors of McDonalds <0>

Sources

[00]SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 17160.
[01]SSA4158 - Monograph: Carver Martin O H (ed). 1983. Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 61. p5- 45.
Date Last Edited:Jan 31 2022 2:49PM