The King's Head Public House

THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, MARDOL

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1270680
Date first listed:
10-Jan-1953
Statutory Address:
THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, MARDOL
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1270680
Date first listed:
10-Jan-1953
Date of most recent amendment:
17-Nov-1995
Statutory Address 1:
THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, MARDOL

Location

Statutory Address:
THE KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, MARDOL

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 48994 12693

Details

SHREWSBURY

SJ4812NE MARDOL 653-1/10/426 (North East side) 10/01/53 The King's Head Public House (Formerly Listed as: MARDOL (East side) King's Head Inn)

GV II*

Public house, possibly built as inn. Late C15. Timber-framed with plain tiled roof. 3 storeys, wide 2-window range. Central doorway with continuous band of windows to ground floor, reproducing the traceried detail of original windows. Jettied first storey framed in large panels with cusped arch bracing at each end and centrally forming trefoiled panels. Paired windows forming two 6-light casements with traceried heads. Second storey also jettied, and framed in large panels with plain bracing and joweled central post. Paired windows form 6-light casements with leaded panes. INTERIOR: remains of wall-painting exposed and conserved on internal wall, representing Last Supper. (Smith JT: Shrewsbury: Topography and Domestic Architecture to the Mid C17: 1953-).

Listing NGR: SJ4899412693

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457605
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Smith, J T, Shrewsbury Topography and Domestic Architecture to the Mid C17, (1953)

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