5-8 Severn Street, Shrewsbury
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5-8 Severn Street, Shrewsbury
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 16 May 2014
Not much to look at, but these houses are the only remnants of Benyons & Bage's flax mill, built between 1805 and 1811, the closure of which in 1836 "is believed to have contributed significantly to a sharp fall in Shrewsbury's population". The buildings were converted to housing in the late C19th; Pevsner reports that bits of cast-iron frame survive inside. Grade II listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.713302
Longitude
-2.745566