Riggs Hall Riggs Hall, To Rear Of Library

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW CASTLE GATES 653-1/11/155 (West side) 30/05/69 Riggs Hall, to rear of Library (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE GATES (West side) Riggs Hall)

GV II

House, formerly part of Shrewsbury School, now part of library. Early C15 but extensively restored. Timber-framed on high sandstone plinth with plain tiled roof. 2 storeys, main range comprising hall and solar block with cross wing possibly a later addition. Timber-framed with square panels with massive braces in rear elevation, some close studding on inner elevation and to cross wing with ogival braces. Cambered tie beams with vine scroll decoration, and jowelled posts with arched braces to gable. Ground floor largely altered on incorporation to library, the infill panels removed to leave timber-framed screen walls on inner faces. Upper storeys have 4-light casement windows, all renewed. The building was one of the original buildings of Shrewsbury School at its foundation in 1552. (Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to the Mid C17: 1953-).

Listing NGR: SJ4858411923