The Parade Shopping Centre

The Parade Shopping centre, formerly the Royal Salop Infirmary, is a specialist shopping centre at St Mary's Place in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

The Parade Shopping Centre
LocationShrewsbury
Coordinates52.7085°N 2.7507°W / 52.7085; -2.7507
Built1830
ArchitectEdward Haycocks and Sir Robert Smirke
Websitewww.paradeshops.co.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated30 May 1969
Reference no.1254655
Location of The Parade Shopping Centre in Shropshire

History

The original facility on the site was Salop Infirmary completed in 1745.[1] The infirmary was completely rebuilt to a design by Edward Haycock, with occasional inspections by Sir Robert Smirke, in the Greek Revival style[2] in 1830.[1] An additional wing was completed in 1870 and it was renamed the Royal Salop Infirmary in 1914.[3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] After services transferred to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 1979, the Royal Salop Infirmary was acquired by a developer who converted it into a shopping centre in the early 1980s.[4]

Notable staff of Royal Salop Infirmary
  • Job Orton, dissenting minister, was first board secretary of the infirmary in 1745-47.[5][6]
  • William Farr, statistician, was originally employed as a dresser (surgeon's assistant) there in 1826.[7]
  • Charles Maude, later Archdeacon of Salop, was appointed hospital chaplain in 1901.[8]

References
  1. Historic England. "The Parade Shopping Centre (1254655)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. Keeling-Roberts, Margaret (1981). In Retrospect, A Short History of The Royal Salop Infirmary. North Shropshire Printing Company. p. 25. ISBN 0-9507849-0-7.
  3. "Royal Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury". National Archives. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. "Phil Gillam: On Parade at a favourite Shrewsbury spot". Shropshire Star. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. In Retrospect: A Short History of the Royal Salop Infirmary, p.8.
  6. Dickens, Gordon (1987). An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire. Shropshire Libraries. p. 52. ISBN 0-903802-37-6.
  7. Koch, Tom (2011). Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground. University of Chicago Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0226449357.
  8. Mate, C.H. (1907). Shropshire, Historical, Descriptive, Biographical: Part II, Biographical. Mate. p. 99.
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