Library, Former Blower'S Repository is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1995. Library/offices.
Library, Former Blower'S Repository
- WRENN ID
- ancient-forge-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1995
- Type
- Library/offices
- Address
- Library, Former Blower'S Repository, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 493 128
- Coordinates
- 52.71085, -2.75081
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former Blower's Repository, now used as library offices, and was constructed in 1902. It features a brick structure with a mock timber facade, an ashlar porch, and a plain tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range with an advanced gable on the right side. To the left, there is a full-height porch with a round-arched entrance and mullioned and transomed windows above, which have leaded lights. The archway is inscribed with "Blowers Repository."
The original shop front is located in the right-hand gable, featuring a high fascia supported by moulded consoles. The upper storey showcases mock timbering with decorative panels that create a baluster-like arcading, along with a moulded bressumer supporting the jettied second storey. The gable apex is adorned with herringbone struts and cusped braces. Above, there is a shallow oriel window with leaded lights, and the gable contains paired three-light mullioned and transomed windows, with an enriched tie beam above that bears the date.
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