| HER Number (PRN): | 62361 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch incorporated in the undercroft of Pride Hill Chambers, Pride Hill) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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| Scheduled Monument 1003715: Title not entered |
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Monument Type(s):
- TOWN WALL (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
Scheduled Monument: Probable section of Shrewsbury's 13th-century town walls which has survived in an undercroft (basement) behind Pride Hill and can be seen from Raven Meadows.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4917 1260 |
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Related records
| 08075 | Part of: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch from Roushill to Pride Hill) (Monument) |
| 62409 | Related to: 10-12 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury tenement (Monument) |
| 60077 | Related to: Duplicate of Event SA3573 (Revoked) |
| 60068 | Related to: Excavations at Pride Hill Chambers, Areas C, D, E (Monument) |
| 62410 | Related to: Pride Hill north-west tenement block (Monument) |
| 62579 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch from Pride Hill to Castle Street) (Monument) |
| 62356 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch parallel with Lower Pride Hill which survived until 1986) (Monument) |
| 62360 | Related to: Undercroft under Pride Hill Chambers, Shrewsbury (S2) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1312 - Undated field observation by English Heritage
- ESA1313 - 1984 field observation by English Heritage
- ESA7590 - 2015 Conservation management survey of the town walls, Shrewsbury, by SCAS
- ESA7591 - 2015 photogrammetric survey of Shrewsbury's Town Walls by Aerial Cam
Description
Section of probable 13th-century town wall fabric incorporated in the rear elevation of Pride Hill Chambers undercroft (62360). Contains all the diagnostic features identified by Barker's Roushill excavation. Core of wall and internal face exposed by excavation by W E Jenks within the undercroft (60066) in 1972-4. Keele Beds sandstone chippings found in excavations outside the wall (60068) suggested to the excavator that the town wall masonry may have been dressed nearby. [<1><2>] <3>
Scheduled in 1974, in connection with ongoing excavations, as length of medieval Town Wall, Sally Port and Interval Tower. Described as previously incorporated in inhabited buildings. The remains consist of a fine length about 10m long and standing about 4m high. At the SW end is a Sally Port behind which are a row of steps climbing behind the wall. At the far end of this stretch is an interval tower, previously surmounted (and to some extent support) by a 16th century building. <4>
A conservation management plan was prepared in 2015 for the entire circuit of town walls surrounding Shrewsbury (excluding around Shrewsbury Castle at the NE corner). This provides a general historic overview of the development of the town defences, together with detailed analysis and management recommendations for individual sections (in gazetteer form in volume 2). This stretch is identified as 3i/4a. ->
-> This section of probable 13th-century town wall fabric is incorporated into the rear elevation of the Pride Hill Chambers undercroft. The town wall extended west from here along the rear of the properties at the lower end of Pride Hill, and in the later postmedieval period had been subsumed into a jumble of terraced outbuildings running down the slope. This section of the town wall was subject to photogrametric recording by Aerial Cam (see ESA 7591) - 3D pdf in Library Link (warning large file). <5>
A series of photographs of the excavations were located within archive material from the collection of Ernie Jenks. Originals in Shropshire Archives. <6>
Sources
| [01] | SSA4158 - Monograph: Carver Martin O H (ed). 1983. Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 61. |
| [02] | SSA4148 - Article in serial: Baker Nigel J et al. 1993. Further Work on Pride Hill, Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 68. p1-64. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - HER comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 14/01/1997. |
| [04] | SSA27390 - Scheduled Monument documentation: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1974. Length of Medieval town wall, sally-port and interval tower. Salop 317. 13/09/1974. |
| [05] | SSA28223 - Management report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2015. Shrewsbury Town Walls: a conservation management plan (2 volumes). SCAS Rep. 368. Gazetteer 3i/4a. |
| [06] | SSA31288 - Project archive: Jenks W E (Ernie). Photographic and other archives from Ernie Jenks related to excavations at Sharpstones Hill, Smethcott Motte & Bailey, Pride Hill Chambers etc.. Various. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 5 2020 10:26AM |
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