More information : (SJ49771241. Infirmary sited from authy.2 description)
Forrest, (1), says that the remains of the abbey mill and guest house
yet be seen in the builder's yard by the railway". However, from a ground plan by authy.2, (of too small a scale for accurate siting), the remains would appear to be those of the infirmary block. Nearly the whole shell of what is conceived to be the infirmary remains, they say, nearly 70 yards SW of the church. Two oblong wings with high gable ends are connected by an embattled building supported by rude Norman arches. The part near the street has `recently' been converted into two dwellings, and the S wing is now a malt house. The length of the building is about 130'.
(The name `Infirmary [NR]' is published centred at SJ49801240 on OS 25" 1927).(1,2)
The best preserved parts of the building are the East and West pine ends.
The South wall has been considerably patched with modern brick and is
cased in concrete on the modern exterior.(3)
ABBEY FOREGATE (south side). II*
Guest House or gate house of Shrewsbury Abbey, later used as part of a timber yard. Late C13. Coursed and squared red sandstone, extended in brick with plain tiled foof. 2 storeys. 3-bay plan, with gable walls and part of side walls of original structure surviving. North elevation largely as rebuilt to serve wood yard. lower added wing is built against a buttressed wall, with traces of the springing for a vaulted ceiling which may represent a precinct wall and watergate associated with the abbey. (4) |