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Compasses Passage, SHREWSBURY, SY1 1XP

The building is dated 1724, and was originally founded by a local man named Thomas Bowdler, Mayor of the town in the very early 18th century. It attracted a Grade II listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101246464-former-bowdlers-school-shrewsbury#.YrQMA3bMI2w & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246464 in 1953, and is currently in use by a dental practice.

Restaurant and brasserie in Barracks Passage. The Grade I listed late 15th century building was reputed to have got its name when Henry Tudor stayed at the site in 1485 on his way to victory over Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.

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.

The timber framed building here is where Henry Tudor stayed before the Battle of Bosworth. It dated to the 1430's based on dendrochronology of the timbers, and would have been the sort of placean important person may lodge in by 1485.

Viewed from Beeches Lane. Despite the name of the dental practice, this building was originally Bowlder's School. The stone above the doorway shows Founded by Thomas Bowdler 1724.

Built as Bowdler's School in 1724, its charmingly crowded facade typical of the date. Grade II listed. Now it appears to house a dental practice and flats.

Shrewsbury retains a number of 'shuts' or alleyways which provide convenient shortcuts and which enable pedestrians to get around the centre of the town in an almost bygone world behind and between the busy shopping streets. These narrow passages date back to the Middle Ages when the town must have been a veritable rabbit warren: many have disappeared in the course of redevelopment and those that remain deserve to be preserved. The origin of the name is obscure but, it has been suggested that, unlike closed cul-de sacs, these alleys, being open both ends, allow the pedestrian to 'shoot' rapidly from one street to another. 'Shut' could also be a contraction of 'shortcut' which is what it usually is! Bowdler's Passage is a private passage off Wyle Cop although formerly public as far back as the 1700s. There is evidence of a bell foundry on the site in the mediaeval period. It emerges in Beeches Lane close to Bowdler's School Image]

The view of the restaurant in Barracks Passage in Shrewsbury. The building dates back to the early 1400s.