Old Post Office Public House
OLD POST OFFICE PUBLIC HOUSE, 1, MILK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254656
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Old Post Office Public House
- Statutory Address:
- OLD POST OFFICE PUBLIC HOUSE, 1, MILK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254656
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Old Post Office Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD POST OFFICE PUBLIC HOUSE, 1, MILK STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OLD POST OFFICE PUBLIC HOUSE, 1, MILK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shrewsbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 49286 12362
Details
SHREWSBURY
SJ4912SW MILK STREET 653-1/15/445 (South East side) 10/01/53 No.1 Old Post Office Public House (Formerly Listed as: MILK STREET (South East side) Nos.1 AND 2 Old Post Office Inn)
GV II
Public house. C17 core, extended in C19. Timber-framed extended and infilled with painted brick, plain tiled roof. 3-storeyed, T-plan. Long range at right-angles to line of street, the front portion brick painted with mock timbering. Inserted casement windows on each floor. Rear portion of this range is partly timber-framed, with timbers of slight scantling, raised in brick, and also extended in later C19. Single axial stack on rear wall. Short cross wing has timber-framed core, refaced in brick painted with mock timbering, but exposed in gable end. Square panels with arch bracing, and thinner scantling timbers in upper storey, suggesting a later addition. Doorway in hipped roofed porch in angle, tripartite sash window with small upper panes, and heavy oriel sash above. 16-pane sash in upper storey. Gable end stack.
Listing NGR: SJ4928612362
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 457683
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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