| HER Number (PRN): | 62107 |
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| Name: | C17 front range of Library, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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| Listed Building (I) 1271288: LIBRARY |
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Monument Type(s):
- SCHOOL (17th century - 1627 AD to 1630 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a school of post medieval date. The site is protected by Grade I Listing.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4936 1280 |
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Related records
| 10131 | Part of: Library, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 62106 | Related to: C16/17 west wing of Grammar School, part of Library, Castle Gates (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
The later of two components of PRN 10131. Stone frontage range of the Grammar School site, consisting of the clock tower (probably built first to connect the 1595 west wing (62106) with the previous building on the frontage, part of Shotton or Shetton's Place (see mon.62104)), and the main south wing begun in 1627. Formerly of three storeys, mainly teaching areas, with assistant masters' rooms on the middle floor. Major alterations to external detailing and floor levels in 1815. Archaeological recording during restoration in 1978 found a cobbled yard surface and post-positions sealed beneath the suspended wooden ground floor and presumed to pre-date 1627 <1><2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA3458 - List of Buildings: Department of National Heritage (DNH). 1995-Nov-17. 47th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 653-1. List volume. p102. |
| [02] | SSA4158 - Monograph: Carver Martin O H (ed). 1983. Two Town Houses in Medieval Shrewsbury. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 61. p50 (Tanner, D). |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 7 2021 9:04AM |
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