This particular set of loggerheads is to be found on Pride Hill, Shrewsbury’s main shopping street - but it almost goes unseen - because it merges so much into its background.
This set is one of those carved into the portals of the old Pride Hill Shopping Centre, which was built in 1988. Although a private firm had developed the site, the firm clearly felt that a nod to Shrewsbury’s past was needed – hence the loggerheads.
The centre was one of three such shopping complexes in or around Pride Hill in those days, but it finally closed in 2021, and now only one of those three malls (the 'Darwin') remains. The site … still guarded by its loggerheads… awaits redevelopment.
A new book has been published to celebrate 600 years of the loggerheads - click here to find out more.
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