The Old Mansion

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NW ST MARY'S STREET 653-1/11/595 (West side (off)) 10/01/53 The Old Mansion (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (North side) Nos.6, 7 AND 8 Prince Rupert Hotel)

GV II*

House, now in use as offices and stores. Early C17, faced in brick, now painted, in late C17 or early C18. Plain tiled roof. 3 storeys, 3-window range with asymmetrical projecting outer gables, and front wall stacks, slightly advanced. Central doorway with part-glazed 6-panelled door in latticed porch with hood, and 16-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads in the gables. Upper windows also 16-pane flush-framed sashes, with single ring cambered heads, and some evidence that the original windows were somewhat narrower. Attic windows are casements, the right-hand window now blocked. 2-light window in central bay, and an original 2-light window in left-hand gable extended to 3 lights early C20. INTERIOR: timber-framing with close studding and angle braces exposed in the rear wall, and some wall panelling. Early C17 staircase, with bulbous splat balusters, moulded rail and Mannerist newel posts. Said to have been built by Thomas Jones, lawyer and first mayor of Shrewsbury, 1639. (Forrest: The Old Houses of Shrewsbury).

Listing NGR: SJ4928412540