Secret Shropshire - Gatehouse to the Council House, Shrewsbury

Gatehouse to the Council House, Shrewsbury

Date:�2003

Description: This impressive timber-frame building stands in the Castle Gates area of Shrewsbury. Built around 1620 it was once a meeting place for the Council of the Marches who effectively controlled the English � Welsh border up until the Civil War (1642 � 1651). Despite the grand nature of this building, the main base of power within the Council centred at Ludlow.

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Tudors & Stuarts

Art and Literature

Civic buildings

Donor Ref: ' 00013375, Shropshire Archives, 6001/200� (232/12754)'

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Gatehouse to the Council House, Shrewsbury

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