Architecture - Keeping Up Appearances - Decoration and Ornamentation on timber frame buildings in Shrewsbury.
10 St. Marys Place, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1DZ
The decoration and ornamentation of timber framed buildings of some merchants houses in Shrewsbury, in the Elizabethan period, became known to architectural historians as the Shrewsbury School of Carpentry. Some of the surviving buildings display these optional hallmarks of a style of decoration, copied by carpenters who worked mainly in Shrewsbury in the last decades of the sixteenth century,
The talk will describe the background and inspiration to the designs depicted on the timber framed houses, which served as work places, town residences and investment properties for the wealthy merchants of Shrewsbury.
The walk will follow and throw a spotlight on the legacy of the style still greatly in evidence in the streets and shuts of Shrewsbury.
Timings & Tours
- Friday 19 September:
- 11.00
Location & directions
10 St. Marys Place, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1DZ
- Directions:
- Drapers` Hall is opposite the south door of St Mary`s Church
- Contact on day:
- Nigel J Hinton
- Telephone number:
- +447866522781
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Book by telephone to Rhubarb 01743 341105
- Booking contact name:
- Duty Manager
- Booking telephone number:
- +441743341105
- Booking opens:
- 03 Sep 2025 10:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 19 Sep 2025 12:00 PM
Accessibility details
Entrance is up two sloping steps from the road. All facilities are on the ground floor level.
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 20
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
