Doors 352 – Doors of Shrewsbury (part III) – April 2025
Well I completely fluffed it last week. I have been so busy at work, with both Wednesday and Thursday last week out of the office, that I quite ran out of time to post Thursday Doors. I guess it happens from time to time, but at least I am trying to get ahead of the game this week – I prepared some of this post last night!
The is not too much to say about this selection from Shrewsbury other than that they are a mixture of town house doors and timber-framed shopfronts. I hope you enjoy them:
A note taken from the Original Shrewsbury website about the last building featured is as follows:
Costa Coffee is one of Shrewsbury High Street’s many classic timber framed Tudor buildings. But if you look closely, you may realise that not all is as it seems! During restoration works in the 1990s, the upper carvings were given a colourful update with the addition of the heads of Margaret Thatcher and Michael Heseltine back to back, as they apparently were in political terms, the words ‘Poll Tax’ are behind them. The carvings along Grope Lane include grapes and motorcycles.
More to come from this remarkable market town next time. Until then may I wish you a fabulous weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post and his Sunday recap.
Natural adventures 
Love the Sleepy Shrew!
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I can’t see and colourful updates, I can’t see any heads let alone those of Thatcher and Heseltine . . . 🤷♂️
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I like the light colored Tudor building. It’s interesting do incorporate a political statement in a building’s facade. I like the name The Sleepy Shrew, but I also like Fatface. It’s hard to choose. I’m trying to figure out what mechanism is behind the doors to keep the contents of the letterboxes sorted. Part of me giggles at the thought that they all end up in a pile on the floor.
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