26 And 27, High Street

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW HIGH STREET 653-1/11/355 (North East side) 19/09/72 Nos.26 AND 27

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2 buildings, now shop, but probably originally dwellings. c1800. Brick with roof not visible behind parapet. 4 storeys, 5-window range, divided 3-2 between the 2 buildings which are separate constructions though built at the same time. Late C20 inserted shopfront continues across adjacent property, No.25 (qv). Upper windows are 12-pane sashes with flat entablatures over, carried on moulded console brackets. There is an additional window in the centre of the first floor of No.27, with round-arched head. Stone quoins on angles of No.27. Moulded stone eaves cornice of identical design to both properties. Both form part of department store, and have done so since at least the early C20.

Listing NGR: SJ4914412548