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Go to other Related Subject areasAbbot's House, Butcher Row, Shrewsbury (image)
Built in 1459 as a speculative development by the Abbot of Lilleshall, the "Abbott's House" is unusual in retaining some of its original shop windows. A wooden board would have served both as a shutter for the closed shop and a table top for wares during opening hours.
(Image courtesy of Shropshire Archives)