| HER Number (PRN): | 62447 |
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| Name: | Miss Humphreys Tower, Shrewsbury Town Walls |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- INTERVAL TOWER? (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1901 AD)
- TOWN DEFENCES (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1901 AD)
- GAZEBO (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a town defences of probable medieval to post medieval date, a possible interval tower of probable medieval to post medieval date, a gazebo of post medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4939 1238 |
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Related records
| 62581 | Part of: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Section: Dogpole) (Monument) |
| 04629 | Part of: Wall at Rear of Nags Head, Wyle Cop, on line of Shrewsbury Town Wall (Monument) |
| 62387 | Related to: Retaining Boundary Wall between 17 & 18 Wyle Cop (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA7590 - 2015 Conservation management survey of the town walls, Shrewsbury, by SCAS
Description
Tower, standing at the junction of the Dogpole and Wyle Cop legs of the medieval town wall (as represented on the Burghley Map and on Speed's map), but not shown on either. Photographs show a tall crenellated structure [<1>]. Probably a post-medieval garden folly or summerhouse, though it may possibly have stood on the 'foundations of a strong tower now destroyed' referred to by Blakeway in this immediate area [<2>]; R E Davies appears to have taken it as a serious defensive feature, at least in 1904 when he marked it on his MS sketch map sent to W. Phillips as the termination of the 'ancient wall' (terrace wall 62387) between 17 and 18 Wyle Cop, referring to it in the text as 'Miss Humphrey's Tower' [<3>] <4>
A tower, Miss Humphrey’s Tower is thought to have stood at the junction of the Wyle Cop and Dogpole sections of the defences. <5>
Sources
| [01] | SSA4160 - Manuscript: Smith J T. 1953. Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to the Middle of the 17th Century. |
| [02] | SSA10571 - Article in serial: Blakeway J B. 1905. The Topographical History of Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 3, Vol V (=Vol 28). Pt 2, p253-278. p256. |
| [03] | SSA10364 - VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Davies R E. 1904. Letter to W Phillips, 17/11/1904, p28 and map. |
| [04] | SSA20432 - HER comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 03/03/1997. |
| [05] | SSA28223 - Management report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2015. Shrewsbury Town Walls: a conservation management plan (2 volumes). SCAS Rep. 368. Gazetteer 13b/14a. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 28 2022 3:42PM |
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