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Frankwell, SHREWSBURY, SY3 8JR

No 77 is the left half of a pair of more-or-less identical terraced houses facing onto the Frankwell roundabout. They both date from the late 18th century, and were collectively Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101270809-77-and-78-frankwell-shrewsbury#.Y8hCUnbP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270809 in 1972.

One of Shrewsbury's many good pubs. I stayed here once, just over a decade ago, and was struck back then what a good 'proper pub' it was. Still is.

No 83 seen here sits in the middle of a terrace of 4 quite similar houses, 81 - 84, which all date in their current form to the later part of the 19th century. They all however are built around a core of earlier timber-framed properties, parts of which are apparently exposed at the back of these. Collectively Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101247567-81-84-frankwell-shrewsbury#.Y8hESHbP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247567 in 1995.

A terrace of 8, early 19th century houses. They were collectively Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101247566-64-71-frankwell-shrewsbury#.Y_coJHbP02w & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247566 in 1972.

Quite an extensive range of buildings now comprise the pub. Courtyard at rear. Award winning beer garden too apparently.

Formerly The Swan Inn Image but now operating as a restaurant by the look of things. It is originally a 19th century public house which was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101270810-former-swan-inn-shrewsbury#.Y8hGhHbP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270810 in 1972.

A large house facing onto the Frankwell island, which dates from around 1800, and is described in its 1972 Grade II listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101270811-87-frankwell-shrewsbury#.Y8hIJnbP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270811 as a former public house. The adjoining Image to the left was until recently The Swan, so whether there were actually two pubs right next to each other is open to debate. Whatever the exact history, neither of them is now a fully licensed drinking establishment.

Frankwell is both the name of this street and the surrounding district, immediately across the Welsh Bridge from Shrewsbury town centre. The area was first developed in Norman times and by the 17th century had become a centre for free trades - lying outside the jurisdiction of the Lord of Shrewsbury Castle. It is nowadays a more mundane suburb, but there still remain sufficient buildings of interest to justify its status as a conservation area.