| HER Number (PRN): | 62516 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Town Wall (Surviving stretch in foundations of Rodney House, School Gardens) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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| Listed Building (II) 1246545: Rodney House School Gardens Castle Gates (Address) |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
This site represents: a town defences of medieval date. The site is protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4931 1275 |
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Related records
| 62514 | Part of: Shrewsbury Castle Outer Bailey Wall/ Town Wall (Stretch from Castle Court parallel with School Gardens) (Monument) |
| 62132 | Related to: Medieval hall house at heart of Sydney House and Rodney House, Castle Court/ School Gardens (Monument) |
| 62515 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch observed at Riggs Hall, School Gardens) (Monument) |
| 62535 | Related to: Undercroft of Windmill Hill/ Sydney House and Rodney House/ Thornes Place (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA7590 - 2015 Conservation management survey of the town walls, Shrewsbury, by SCAS
Description
The town wall, visible in the rear elevation of Rodney House as a chamfered plinth and up to 2m of coursed Keele Beds masonry. Seen in October 1986 when the ground level was reduced at the rear of the building, exposing the unweathered plinth [<1>]. A UAD field visit in November 1996 to the interior showed that the back wall at basement level is 1.5m thick, with a few blocks of Grinshill stone incorporated in the exterior elevation above the plinth. Within the town wall a parallel wall of Grinshill stone was found at a distance of 6.17m, suggesting that a large undercroft was built within the wall, similar to the ground floor of Rigg's Hall (PRN 62104) and possibly of a similar early 15th-century date [<2>]. The building is identified as the medieval Thorne's Place (see PRNs 62132 and 62535) <3>
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 3c. <4>
<01> Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit (Shrewsbury Heritage Project), 1987, Raven Meadows Excavation Archive (Project archive). SSA10373.
<02a> Baker Nigel J, 1996, SUAD Field Visit Records File (Field recording form). SSA22030.
<02> Baker Nigel J, 1996, UAD Field Visit File I (Field recording form). SSA10337.
<03> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis, 17/06/1997 (SMR comment). SSA20432.
<04> Hannaford Hugh R, 2015, Shrewsbury Town Walls: a conservation management plan (2 volumes), Gazetteer 3c (Management report). SSA28223.
Sources
| [01] | SSA10373 - Project archive: Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit (Shrewsbury Heritage Project). 1987. Raven Meadows Excavation Archive. Raven Meadows excavations. 60076. |
| [02] | SSA10337 - Field recording form: Baker Nigel J. 1996. UAD Field Visit File I. Shrewsbury UAD field survey sheets. |
| [02a] | SSA22030 - Field recording form: Baker Nigel J. 1996. SUAD Field Visit Records File. Shrewsbury Urban Archaeological Database. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 17/06/1997. |
| [04] | SSA28223 - Management report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2015. Shrewsbury Town Walls: a conservation management plan (2 volumes). SCAS Rep. 368. Gazetteer 3c. |
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 15 2015 4:00PM |
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