Listed buildings in Heath, Shropshire
Heath is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Abdon and Heath, in Shropshire, England. It contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the hamlet of Heath and is otherwise entirely rural. The most important listed building in the parish is the Norman Heath Chapel, which is listed at Grade I, and the other listed buildings are all farmhouses and farm buildings.
Key
Grade | Criteria[1] |
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I | Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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Heath Chapel 52°28′00″N 2°39′11″W / 52.46672°N 2.65310°W |
12th century | This is a small chapel built in | I | |
Upper Norncott Farmhouse 52°28′11″N 2°38′13″W / 52.46980°N 2.63681°W |
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16th century | The farmhouse is | II |
Barn, Upper Norncott Farmhouse 52°28′12″N 2°38′11″W / 52.46992°N 2.63649°W |
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17th century | A barn and cowhouse in a continuous range, it is | II |
Barn, Granary and Cart Shed, Heath House 52°27′58″N 2°39′15″W / 52.46618°N 2.65412°W |
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1684 | The farm buildings are in stone with tile roofs, and form an L-shaped plan. The barn has a single storey and a loft, three bays, doorways, windows, ventilation slits and a pitching hole. The granary has two storeys, one bay and a two-bay cross-wing. The cart shed is an open gabled bay.[6] | II |
Cowhouse, barn and sheds, Lower Norncott Farm 52°28′34″N 2°38′29″W / 52.47608°N 2.64137°W |
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18th century | The farm buildings form a continuous range, and are in brick on a stone | II |
Barn and sheds south of Heath Chapel 52°27′58″N 2°39′10″W / 52.46614°N 2.65267°W |
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18th century | The barn is partly | II |
Heath House 52°27′58″N 2°39′17″W / 52.46618°N 2.65483°W |
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Mid 18th century | The farmhouse was remodelled in the early 19th century. It is in stone, the west front is rendered, and it has a hipped slate roof. The house has a double-pile plan, three storeys, and a west front of three bays. There are canted bay windows on the west and east fronts, and the other windows are a mix of sashes, casements, mullioned and mullioned and transomed windows.[2][9] | II |
Lower Norncott Farmhouse 52°28′33″N 2°38′26″W / 52.47587°N 2.64060°W |
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18th century | The farmhouse is in stone with a tile roof. There are three storeys, three canopy.[10]
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Stable block, Heath House 52°27′59″N 2°39′17″W / 52.46643°N 2.65468°W |
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Late 18th or early 19th century | The stable block to the north of the house is in stone with a tile roof, and has an L-shaped plan. It has two storeys and a loft, and contains stable doors and windows with segmental heads, and in the loft are round windows with voussoirs.[11] | II |
References
Citations
- ^ Historic England
- ^ a b Newman & Pevsner (2006), p. 295
- ^ Historic England & 1383722
- ^ Historic England & 1383729
- ^ Historic England & 1383730
- ^ Historic England & 1383725
- ^ Historic England & 1383728
- ^ Historic England & 1383723
- ^ Historic England & 1383724
- ^ Historic England & 1383727
- ^ Historic England & 1383726
Sources
- Historic England, "Heath Chapel, Heath (1383722)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, "Upper Norncott Farmhouse, Heath (1383729)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, "Barn to north-east of Upper Norncott Farmhouse, Heath (1383730)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, "Barn, Granary and Cartshed to east of Heath House, Heath (1383725)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, "Cowhouse, barn and shelter sheds to north-west of Lower Norncott Farmhouse, Heath (1383728)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, "Barn and shelter sheds south-south-east of Heath Chapel, Heath (1383723)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 20181383727
- Historic England, "Stable block to north of Heath House, Heath (1383726)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 19 June 2018
- Newman, John; ISBN 0-300-12083-4