Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Main Building is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. College. 1 related planning application.

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Main Building

WRENN ID
haunted-bailey-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1995
Type
College
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College's main building, originally marked as Priory School for Boys, was constructed in 1910 by Frank Shayler for Shropshire County Council. This English Baroque style school is built from brick with stone dressings and features graded Westmorland slate hipped roofs, along with brick ridge stacks.

The building is two storeys high with a double pile plan and a 26-window range, arranged as 1-3-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-3-1. It has a central entrance and additional entrances at the angles of the projecting outer bays. The doorways are framed in moulded architraves with a central keyblock and swags on either side, topped by an inscription that reads "Erected by the Salop County Council MCMX" above the central door. The windows are 12-pane sashes with three fixed lights above, featuring flat arched gauged brick heads on the first floor and segmental heads with keystones on the ground floor. The ground floor has brick aprons, while the stone is used in pedimented blocks.

The projecting two-bay blocks are pedimented, with a segmental pediment over the center and triangular pediments over the flanking sections. Each end of the building has pavilions with hipped bell-cast roofs, paired sash windows on the ground floor, segmental pediments above, and cupolas on the roof. The building also features angle quoins and a deep modillion eaves cornice.

At the rear, the hall contains six full-height segmental windows with brick voussoirs and stone key blocks. The central bay is advanced beneath a pediment and includes a massive tripartite sash window with transoms that cut through the cornice, topped by a central cupola. The flanking bays have massive segmentally-arched pediments with pyramidal roofs.

Inside, the school hall has been divided horizontally, but the coved ceiling remains intact, featuring moulded panels, decorative ribs, and ceiling roses.

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