Gravelhill

SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE GRAVEL HILL LANE, Gravelhill 653-1/4/755 (South side) 30/05/69 Gravelhill (Formerly Listed as: GRAVELHILL Gravelhill)

II

House. Probably late C17. Brick with hipped plain tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic, 3-window range (formerly 6) with central entrance hall. Main front faces garden, with central 6-panelled door with overlight in moulded architrave. Flanking tripartite windows are late C18 insertions, as are the three 12-pane sash windows above. Finely gauged brick heads of earlier windows still visible. Continuous string course between the storeys, and pilasters marking angles. Hipped gabled dormers in the roof. Return elevation a 3-window range, most blind. Rear elevation has retained original fenestration to first floor, 6 windows with finely gauged brick heads. Tall panelled axial stacks. Lower wing to east contains present entrance: its garden front has ogee gable between pilasters with Palladian window to ground floor altered to form French doors. This provides a link to a 2-storeyed service wing projecting into the courtyard.

Listing NGR: SJ4822913870