Hotel owners snap up £350k historic Shrewsbury building with distinctive pyramid roof

The owners of one of Shrewsbury’s best-known hotels have turned their attention to another historic town centre building.

Kingston House, a Grade II-listed building on St Alkmund’s Square, had been listed for sale by Cooper Green Pooks for £350,000.

Originally built in the 17th century as a town house, the building - which features a distinctive pyramid roof - has had many uses over the years.

In the 19th century, it was used as a “training facility” for "friendless girls in moral danger", before becoming the home of the Shropshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.

On Friday, the owners of the Prince Rupert Hotel revealed they had snapped up the property, but had no plans to move in.

A spokesperson for the hotel said: “Clarkes Solicitors have a long association with the property going back over three decades thus it is our intention for them to remain as excellent tenants and custodians of this historic property.”

The new owners are no strangers to historic properties, with parts of the mostly-Tudor Prince Rupert dating back to the 12th century.