Listed buildings in Montford, Shropshire

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toll house
, and a former lodge.


Key

Grade Criteria[1]
II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
II Buildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

Name and location Photograph Date Notes Grade
Remains of Shrawardine Castle
52°43′58″N 2°53′21″W / 52.73269°N 2.88910°W / 52.73269; -2.88910 (Remains of Shrawardine Castle)
12th century The remains are in
motte, three crags of masonry, and the base of a wall with three arches.[2][3]
II
Forton East Farmhouse
52°44′20″N 2°50′49″W / 52.73899°N 2.84698°W / 52.73899; -2.84698 (Forton East Farmhouse)
Late 14th to early 15th century The farmhouse has a
timber framed core with cruck construction. It was later extended, and then remodelled in the 19th century with the addition of a south wing. The farmhouse is in brick with dentilled eaves and a slate roof. There are two storeys, and most of the windows are casements.[4]
II
The Critt
52°43′52″N 2°53′34″W / 52.73102°N 2.89271°W / 52.73102; -2.89271 (The Critt)
15th century (probable) A house, since divided, it was extended in the 17th century, partly rebuilt or refaced in the 19th century, and further extended in the 20th century. It is
timber framed with cruck construction and brick infill, the extensions are in brick, and the roof is tiled. It has one storey and attics, it originated as a hall house, with later additions, and has four or five bays. There is a lean-to porch, most of the windows are casements, and there are five gabled eaves dormers.[2][5]
II
St Mary's Church
52°43′55″N 2°53′27″W / 52.73181°N 2.89070°W / 52.73181; -2.89070 (St Mary's Church)
1649 The earliest substantial part of the church is the
weathervane.[2][6]
II*
Whisperwood Cottage
52°44′02″N 2°53′27″W / 52.73394°N 2.89070°W / 52.73394; -2.89070 (Whisperwood Cottage)
Mid 17th century A
jettied gable.[7]
II
Thatched Cottage, Shrawardine
52°43′59″N 2°53′27″W / 52.73311°N 2.89079°W / 52.73311; -2.89079 (Thatched Cottage, Shrawardine)
17th century The cottage is
timber framed with brick infill, it has been partly rebuilt in brick painted to resemble timber framing, and has a thatched roof. There is one storey and an attic, and four bays. On the front is a gabled porch, the windows are casements, and there are two eyebrow dormers.[8]
II
Pool House
52°45′34″N 2°51′53″W / 52.75956°N 2.86466°W / 52.75956; -2.86466 (Pool House)
Late 17th century A
plinth with a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic and two bays, a two-storey rear wing with one bay, and a rear outshut. There are gabled porches on the front and at the rear, the windows are casements, and there is a gabled eaves dormer.[9]
II
Glebe House
52°43′54″N 2°53′26″W / 52.73157°N 2.89042°W / 52.73157; -2.89042 (Glebe House)
18th century A rectory, later a private house, it has been altered and extended. The house is in brick with
hipped roof, and the windows are sashes.[10]
II
St Chad's Church
52°43′39″N 2°51′43″W / 52.72751°N 2.86192°W / 52.72751; -2.86192 (St Chad's Church)
1737–38 The church was
moulded surrounds, pilasters, and keystones, and the east window has three lights with pointed heads.[11][12]
II*
Ensdon House
52°44′49″N 2°52′02″W / 52.74684°N 2.86729°W / 52.74684; -2.86729 (Ensdon House)
Late 18th century A small
moulded stone eaves cornice and a two-span slate roof with parapeted and coped gables. There are two storeys and an attic and basement at the front and three storeys at the rear. The front has five bays, the middle three bays projecting under a triangular pediment. A flight of seven steps with wrought iron railings and a handrail lead up to a doorway that has Doric pilasters, a moulded architrave and keystone, a fanlight with intersecting Gothick tracery, a triglyph frieze, and a triangular pediment. The windows vary, and include Venetian windows, lunettes, mullioned and transomed casement windows, cross-windows, and horizontally-sliding sash windows.[11][13]
II
Montford Bridge
52°43′57″N 2°50′34″W / 52.73251°N 2.84276°W / 52.73251; -2.84276 (Montford Bridge)
1790–92 The bridge, by
balustrades and wing walls curving out to circular end piers.[14]
II
Beam House Farmhouse
52°45′26″N 2°52′41″W / 52.75710°N 2.87795°W / 52.75710; -2.87795 (Beam House Farmhouse)
Late 18th or early 19th century The farmhouse is in red brick with a dentil eaves cornice and a slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, three bays, and two gabled rear wings. In the centre is a lattice porch, the windows are mullioned and transomed with segmental heads, and there are three gabled eaves dormers with horizontally-sliding sash windows.[15] II
The Round House
52°43′59″N 2°50′35″W / 52.73318°N 2.84318°W / 52.73318; -2.84318 (BThe Round House)
Late 18th or early 19th century Originally a
toll house, it was extended later in the 19th century. It is in sandstone with a pyramidal slate roof, and the extension is in brick. It has two storeys, an octagonal plan with corner pilasters, and the extension has one storey. On the front is a gabled porch, the windows in the original part are small and square or rectangular, and in the extension there is a casement window.[16][17]
II
Matthews memorial
52°43′39″N 2°51′43″W / 52.72741°N 2.86196°W / 52.72741; -2.86196 (Matthews memorial)
1815 The memorial is in the churchyard of St Chad's Church, and is to the memory of members of the Matthews family. It is a pedestal tomb in grey
plinth, recessed side panels with reeded architraves, a fluted frieze, a moulded cornice, and large urn finial.[18]
II
Broomfields Farmhouse
52°45′11″N 2°51′09″W / 52.75292°N 2.85238°W / 52.75292; -2.85238 (Broomfields Farmhouse)
Early 19th century The farmhouse is in red brick on a
plinth, with a slate roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, five bays, and two gabled one-storey rear wings. Steps with flanking low walls lead up to the central doorway that has pilasters, a three-part rectangular fanlight, and a triangular pediment on shaped brackets. The windows are sashes with segmental heads.[19]
II
Mytton Bridge
52°44′53″N 2°49′55″W / 52.74810°N 2.83199°W / 52.74810; -2.83199 (Mytton Bridge)
Early 19th century The bridge carries a road over the
string course, a raised keystone, and wing walls that curve out to circular end piers.[20]
II
Milestone near Beam House Farmhouse
52°45′14″N 2°52′58″W / 52.75385°N 2.88282°W / 52.75385; -2.88282 (Milestone near Beam House Farmhouse)
1826–27 The milestone is on the south side of the A5 road. It is in limestone with a shallow-pitched top and chamfered corners, and carries a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Holyhead and to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury).[21] II
Milestone near Ensdon House
52°44′38″N 2°51′57″W / 52.74382°N 2.86586°W / 52.74382; -2.86586 (Milestone near Ensdon House)
1826–27 The milestone is on the south side of the A5 road. It is in limestone with a shallow-pitched top and chamfered corners, and carries a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Holyhead and to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury).[22] II
Milestone near Forton Cottage
52°44′06″N 2°50′58″W / 52.73504°N 2.84945°W / 52.73504; -2.84945 (Milestone near Forton Cottage)
1826–27 The milestone is on the south side of the B4380 road. It is in limestone with a shallow-pitched top and chamfered corners, and carries a cast iron plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Holyhead and to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury).[23] II
Adcote Lodge
52°45′45″N 2°51′58″W / 52.76246°N 2.86607°W / 52.76246; -2.86607 (Adcote Lodge)
1879 A lodge to
Tudor arched doorway, to the right of this is a square bay window containing cross-windows, and above is a raking dormer with a casement window.[24][25]
II

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