Ireland'S Mansion is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 11 related planning applications.
Ireland'S Mansion
- WRENN ID
- old-panel-burdock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SHREWSBURY
SJ4912NW 653-1/11/356 10/01/53
HIGH STREET (South West side) Nos.29, 30 AND 31 Ireland's Mansion
GV II*
House, now divided into shops and offices. c1575. For John Ireland, wool merchant. Timber-framed with plain tiled roof. 3 storeys and attics, 4 bays. 3 ground-floor shop fronts inserted early C20, and shallow arched doorways with moulded architraves and enriched spandrels leading to internal passageways between them. Corbelled out over the ground floor, alternately squared and semi-octagonal canted bays project, with slightly projecting oriel windows in each square bay, and sash windows in the canted bays. Oriel windows in each recess between the projecting bays. Each tier of bays overhangs slightly, and the entire second storey is jettied out. The upper storeys are framed with close studding, with twisted shafts on vertical members, and some ogival tension bracing. Over each bay, a stilted gable, with 2-light casement window, carved bressumer, barge-boards with finials and king-post framing with herringbone bracing. Gable and axial stacks. INTERIOR: no original features survive.
Listing NGR: SJ4913512526
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