Listed buildings in Grinshill

Grinshill is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 20 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Grinshill and the surrounding countryside. To the north of the village is a former quarry that produced sandstone described as "the finest building stone in Shropshire".^[1] This is used in the construction of many of the buildings in the village and elsewhere in the county. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, and the other listed buildings consist of a church, and items in and around the churchyard,

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Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Bronhaul 52°48′23″N 2°42′38″W / 52.80633°N 2.71065°W / 52.80633; -2.71065 (Bronhaul)	—	15th century (probable)	The house originated as a moulded architrave. Above the doorway is a Venetian window and a datestone, and the other windows are cross-windows with segmental heads. Inside is a full cruck truss.[3][4]	II
Stone Grange 52°48′21″N 2°42′20″W / 52.80594°N 2.70569°W / 52.80594; -2.70569 (Stone Grange)	—	1616–23	Originally built for embattled on the sides, with globe finials and a stepped raised centre and a gabled top.[3][5]	II*
The Manor House 52°48′23″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80629°N 2.71278°W / 52.80629; -2.71278 (The Manor House)		Early 17th century	A vicarage, later a private house, it was extended in the 19th century. The house is mainly in Grinshill plinth. The roof is tiled with coped parapeted gables, and there are two storeys and attics. On the front are two bays with wide gables, between which is a gabled two-storey porch with a segmental arch, and to the left is a two-storey single-bay extension. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and on the front is a painted sundial with a wrought iron gnomon.[6][7]	II
Barleycorn Cottage and farm buildings 52°48′21″N 2°42′38″W / 52.80578°N 2.71046°W / 52.80578; -2.71046 (Barleycorn Cottage)	—	Early to mid 17th century	A house, later divided, it was extended in about 1700 and altered in the 20th century. The building is bressumers. Most windows are casements, and there are gabled eaves dormers.[8]	II
Step House 52°48′23″N 2°42′43″W / 52.80640°N 2.71191°W / 52.80640; -2.71191 (Step House)	—	Early to mid 17th century	The house is timber framed with brick nogging, partly rebuilt in red sandstone, and with a slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, a one-storey lean-to and a one-storey wing at the rear. On the front is a small gabled porch, the windows are casements, and in the upper floor are two oriel windows on brackets.[3][9]	II
Garden wall, gate and gate piers, The Manor House 52°48′22″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80622°N 2.71273°W / 52.80622; -2.71273 (Garden wall, gate and gate piers,)	—	1694	The wall at the front of the garden was extended and the gateway was added in about 1820. The wall is in grey plinths and pyramidal caps, and the gates are in wrought iron.[3][10]	II
Key memorial 52°48′24″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80672°N 2.71283°W / 52.80672; -2.71283 (Key memorial)		1699	The memorial is in the churchyard of All Saints Church, and is to the memory of William Key. It is a rectangular chest tomb in Grinshill moulded cornice, and an inscribed top slab.[11]	II
Former font 52°48′24″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80665°N 2.71276°W / 52.80665; -2.71276 (Former font)	—	c. 1700	The former font is in the churchyard of All Saints Church. It is in grey sandstone with a circular plan, and consists of a narrow stem and a large fluted bowl.[12]	II
Higher House 52°48′25″N 2°42′45″W / 52.80702°N 2.71247°W / 52.80702; -2.71247 (Higher House)	—	Early 18th century	The house was extended in the 19th century. The original part is in brick on a pedimented gable containing an oeil-de-boeuf window in the tympanum. The central doorway has a moulded architrave with a triple keystone, and a flat hood. The windows are sashes, and in the extension are sash and casement windows.[3][13]	II
Mount Pleasant or The Hill 52°48′39″N 2°42′36″W / 52.81096°N 2.71010°W / 52.81096; -2.71010 (Mount Pleasant or The Hill)	—	Early 18th century	A former quarryman's cottage that was extended and altered in the 19th century. It is in Grinshill lintel.[14]	II
The Well House and The Elephant and Castle Hotel 52°48′21″N 2°42′39″W / 52.80589°N 2.71091°W / 52.80589; -2.71091 (The Well House and The Elephant and Castle Hotel)		Early 18th century	The building is in red brick on a moulded architrave. The windows are cross-windows with segmental heads, and keystones. To the right is a recessed wing with two storeys and two bays, and a Doric doorcase.[3][15]	II
Garden wall, The Well House and The Elephant and Castle Hotel 52°48′21″N 2°42′38″W / 52.80576°N 2.71066°W / 52.80576; -2.71066 (Garden wall, The Well House and The Elephant and Castle Hotel)	—	Early 18th century	The garden wall to the southeast of the building is in red brick on a plinth of red sandstone and with grey sandstone coping. It is about 26 metres (85 ft) long and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high.[16]	II
Grinshill Hall 52°48′23″N 2°42′48″W / 52.80635°N 2.71332°W / 52.80635; -2.71332 (Grinshill Hall)	—	Early to mid 18th century	The house is in red brick on a lintels, and triple keystones, and there are three gabled eaves dormers with rusticated surrounds and moulded bargeboards. In the centre is a Tuscan porch and a doorway with a rectangular fanlight.[1][17]	II
Gate and gate piers, Higher House 52°48′23″N 2°42′44″W / 52.80630°N 2.71219°W / 52.80630; -2.71219 (Gate and gate piers, Higher House)	—	Early to mid 18th century	The gate moulded cornice, and a cap with a globe finial. The gates, dating from the 19th century, are in wrought iron.[18]	II
Gazebo and wall, Grinshill Hall 52°48′25″N 2°42′49″W / 52.80683°N 2.71371°W / 52.80683; -2.71371 (Gazebo and wall, Grinshill Hall)	—	Mid 18th century	The gazebo is in red brick with grey sandstone dressings and a hipped tile roof. It has two storeys and is in Gothick style, and is approached by twelve steps in an L-shaped plan. The doorway has a four-centred arch, it is flanked by round-headed windows, and in the upper floor are casement windows with pointed heads and Y-tracery. To the west is a garden wall in red brick with a sandstone base and coping, it has an L-shaped plan, and is about 65 metres (213 ft) long and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high.[19]	II
Embrey Memorial 52°48′24″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80671°N 2.71271°W / 52.80671; -2.71271 (Embrey memorial)	—	1786	The memorial is in the churchyard of All Saints Church, and is to the memory of members of the Embrey family. It is a chest tomb in Grinshill moulded cornice, and a concave top with a large urn and a fluted finial.[20]	II
Woodstile Farmhouse 52°48′11″N 2°42′04″W / 52.80294°N 2.70107°W / 52.80294; -2.70107 (Woodstile Farmhouse)	—	c. 1800	The farmhouse was later extended and divided. The original part is moulded cornice. On the front the windows are sashes, at the rear they are casements, and there are three gabled half-dormers.[21]	II
Sundial 52°48′24″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80668°N 2.71281°W / 52.80668; -2.71281 (Sundial)		Late 18th or early 19th century	The moulded base, a plain shaft, and a plain top with an inscribed copper dial plate and a gnomon.[22]	II
Churchyard wall and gateway 52°48′24″N 2°42′45″W / 52.80663°N 2.71259°W / 52.80663; -2.71259 (Churchyard wall and gateway)	—	1821	The wall on the east side of the churchyard is in grey sandstone with a chamfered top and an extension in red sandstone to the north, and it is about 40 metres (130 ft) long and 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high. To the south is a gateway that has a pair of tapering red sandstone piers, a wrought iron gate, and a decorative wrought iron overthrow with a finial.[23]	II
All Saints Church 52°48′24″N 2°42′46″W / 52.80678°N 2.71286°W / 52.80678; -2.71286 (All Saints Church)		1839–41	The church is in Grinshill weathervane. The windows on the sides of the church are round-headed, and the east window is a triple stepped lancet window.[1][24]	II

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