The Trotting Horse Building in Barracks Passage, off Wyle Cop
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Trotting Horse Building in Barracks Passage, off Wyle Cop by Richard Law as part of the Geograph project.
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The Trotting Horse Building in Barracks Passage, off Wyle Cop
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 14 Aug 2021
Variously known in the past as the Lion Tap, and the Trotting Horse building, this fine range of timber framed construction is effectively the rear portion of Image on Wyle Cop. It dates from the early 15th century, a date of 1426 being confirmed by tree-ring study of some of the oak timbers. Grade I listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101246462-the-trotting-horse-building-shrewsbury#.Yf_0k-rP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246462 in 1972.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.706164
Longitude
-2.751216