Burford is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 13 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, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Burford and the surrounding countryside. Some of the listed buildings are grouped around Burford House and its neighbouring St Mary's Church to the southwest of the village. Otherwise, in and around the village, the listed buildings include a bridge over the River Teme, a hotel, a hospital, a cottage, a former toll house, and two mileposts.
The earliest part of the church is the chancel, the nave and tower dating from the 14th century, and the church was extensively restored in 1889–90 by Aston Webb. It is in stone with tile roofs, copedgables, and embattledparapets with corner pinnacles. The church consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has angle buttresses surmounted by crocketed gablets, a west door and window, and a cusped arcaded embattled parapet. The chancel contains Norman features, the nave is in Decorated style and the tower is Perpendicular.[2][3]
The cross is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, and is set on four octagonal steps and a square plinth with chamfered corners. On this is about 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in) of the original cross shaft, and above it is a restoration of 1867, consisting of carvings of the Crucifixion and the Nativity.[4][5]
The bridge carries the A4112 road over the River Teme. It was partly rebuilt in the 18th century, widened by Thomas Telford in 1815, and widened again in 1868 and in 1908. It is in stone, with reinforcement in concrete, and has iron balustrading. The bridge has six spans, with segmental arches and cutwaters, and is angled in the centre.[4][6]
A country house in red brick with bands and a tile roof with copedgables and parapets. There are three storeys and a symmetrical front of six bays, a double-depth plan, and a rear parallel extension. In the centre is a projecting porch with Greek Doric columns and an open pediment, and above the doorway is a fanlight. The windows are sashes with gauged brick lintels. Brick garden walls extend from the southeast corner of the house.[4][7]
The stable block is in brick with tile roofs, and consists of a two-storey square central block with a pyramidal roof, flanked by single-storey gabled wings. On the top is a tower with a clock face, an octagonal round-arched arcade, an ogival lead roof, and a weathervane. There are two French windows, and the other windows are casements.[4][9]
The hotel is in brick, partly rendered, with roofs partly tiled and partly slated, and with two storeys. On the front are two projecting bow windows. The older one, to the right is rendered, and has a curved modillionedcornice and a conical roof. To the right is a wing containing a door with a cornice, flanked by Venetian windows, and in the upper floor are three sash windows with cambered heads. To the left is a later red brick bow window with sash windows and a parapet, and between the bow windows is a recessed doorway. Behind are extensive additions, giving an L-shaped plan.[10]
A former toll house, it is in brick with a hipped and gabledslate roof. There are two storeys, a range parallel to the road with the end bayscanted, and a rear range. In the end bay is a first floor niche, and the windows are casements.[11]
The milepost is in cast iron, and has a triangular plan on a support post. On the angled top is the name of the parish, and on the sides is lettering indicating the distances in miles to Tenbury Wells, Ludlow, and Leominster.[13]
The milepost is in cast iron, and has a triangular plan on a support post. On the angled top is the name of the parish, and on the sides is lettering indicating the distances in miles to Tenbury Wells, Ludlow, and Leominster.[14]
A house, later extended and converted into a hospital, it is in brick, rendered at the front, and with a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys, the original part has five bays, there is a late-19th century wing to the left, and extensive later additions to the right. In the centre of the original part is a metal tent-roofed porch on ornate ironwork columns, the windows are sashes, and in the upper floor of the left wing is a verandah.[15]
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