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St Johns House


Description:  Surviving fragment of Chapel of St. John's Hospital, now house. C16 with earlier fragments. Rubble; Welsh slate to left gable roof, old tiles to right; central brick multiple stack, brick stack to right rear. 3-unit plan. Left unit: 3-storeys; single-window range: restored 2-storey arch of Chapel contains late C19 brickwork with 3-light casement to 1st floor, 4-light casement to ground floor. C20, 2-light casement over, under timber lintel. Right unit: single-storey and attic: 2-window range: C20 wood mullion and transom casements, under timber lintel; to left,C20 wood cross window with casements and C18 oak 6-panel door, under common lintel. Two C17, timber-frame and plaster gable dormers over, over, with C19 casements under simple hoods. Far right unit lower and shallower: C20 wood mullion and transom window with casements under oak lintel; C20 brickwork to right gable contains earlier 2-light casement with lattice glazing. Left returned side has 2 late C19, 2/2 sashes to 1st and 2nd floors; roughcast; rubble with some dressed stone exposed to ground floor, with 3-light casement; Welsh slate over. INTERIOR: C17 and C18 doors; exposed timber-framing and ceiling beams; exposed arch and chamfered stone fireplace to ground floor left; winder staircase with stick balusters. (Lloyd, D. : Ludlow: A Historic Town in Words and Pictures 1984- : P. 39) <1>

Plans and elevations <4>

Ground floor plan <5>

St Johns House photographed. Structure not interpreted as too fragmentary <6>

Medieval structure interpreted as part of Hospital Church or other conventual building dating to early C13th <7>

CMHTS Record Sheet <8>

CMHTS Report <9>

Country:  England

County:  Shropshire

Parish:  Ludlow

Grid Reference:   SO512742

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 351200, 274200

Period:  MEDIEVAL, MEDIEVAL, POST MEDIEVAL

Subject:  BUILDING, CHAPEL, HOSPITAL, HOUSE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: PRN 11280
[ADS] Import RCN: SALOPSMR-13388

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Sustainability Group, Shropshire County Council

Bibliographic References: 

  • &lt;08&gt; Dalwood, H (1993-96) CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Ludlow, Ludlow 11280
  • &lt;09&gt; Dalwood, H et al (1996) Archaeological Assessment of Ludlow, Shropshire (CMHTS)
  • &lt;05&gt; Anon (2000) Ground Floor Plan of St Johns House
  • &lt;04&gt; Anon (2000) Plans and East Elevation
  • &lt;03&gt; Anon (Nov/Dec 1983) St Johns House, Ludlow
  • &lt;02&gt; Anon (unknown) St Johns Hospital, Ludlow
  • &lt;01&gt; Department of National Heritage (1993) 14th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p309
  • &lt;07&gt; Lloyd, D J & Moran, M (1978) The Corner Shop - a History of Bodenhams from the Middle Ages, p37
  • &lt;06&gt; Morriss, R K & Hoverd, T (1993) The Buildings of Ludlow, p46-47
  • &lt;00&gt; Shropshire County Council SMR (nd) SMR Card Collection, SMR Card for PRN SA 11280