Pimhill is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 67 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, twelve are at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is to the northwest of Shrewsbury, it contains the villages of Albrighton, Atcham, Fitz, Leaton, Merrington and Preston Gubbals and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. In the parish are a former manor house and seven country houses that are listed, together with structures associated with them. Otherwise, most of the listed buildings are smaller houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, the older of which are timber framed, or have timber-framed cores. The other listed buildings include churches and items in the churchyards, a private chapel, a group of almshouses, an eyecatcher, a war memorial, and five mileposts,
The church was expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries, and was partly bebuilt and further extended in 1866 by S. Pountney Smith, but most of the 1866 work was demolished in 1973, and the church is now redundant. It is built in sandstone with a tile roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel in one cell. On the south side is a large buttress, and the north wall retains the 1866 arcade.[2][3]
The house has been remodelled and extended on a number of occasions. The original part is timber framed on a sandstoneplinth with brick infill, later parts have applied timber framing, or are rebuilt or refaced in brick, and the roof is tiled and hipped to the left. The original part has two storeys and an attic, and later parts have two storeys. The house has an E-shaped plan, with a three-bay hall range and three three-bay cross-wings. On the front is a timber-framed porch with a Tudor arch, and the doorway has a mouldedarchitrave. The windows are a mix of sashes and casements, and there is a cantedbay window. The gables at the rear have ornamental bargeboards.[4][5]
The wall and bridge are in grey sandstone; the wall is about 60 metres (200 ft) long. The bridge over the moat dates probably from the 16th or 17th century, and consists of a small round arch with chamferedcoping, and the parapet was probably rebuilt later.[6]
A country house later altered and expanded and used for other purposes. The original part is timber framed with plaster infill, the later parts are in red brick with sandstone dressings, and the roof is tiled. The original part has two storeys, the extension has three, and the rear range has two storeys and an attic. The upper floor of the original part is jettied with a mouldedbressumer, and the porch is jettied on three sides. The later part has quoins and moulded string courses. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and there are square oriel windows.[7][8]
The farmhouse was remodelled in the 19th century. It is timber framed on a brick plinth, later rendered, and has a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay range, and a rear wing of two long bays and one short bay. In the centre is a porch with an open pedimentedgable, and a doorway with a radial fanlight. The windows are small-paned casements with pedimented hoods on brackets, and there are two gabled dormers with bargeboards and finials.[9]
The terrace retaining wall is in red brick with chamfered grey sandstonecoping. It has a U-shaped plan, and is about 120 metres (390 ft) long. The garden wall adjoins the hall to the northwest, and contains a segmental-headed doorway.[12]
The farmhouse was remodelled and partly rebuilt in the late 19th century. It is timber framed with brick infill, it was partly underbuilt, rebuilt and extended in brick with some applied timber framing, and has a tile roof. The house consists of a hall range with one storey and an attic and two bays, and a cross-wing with two storeys and an attic and two bays. The windows are casements, some are mullioned and transomed, in the cross-wing is a square bay window and in the hall range are two gabled half-dormers. In the angle is a lean-to porch with a Tudor arch and a doorway with a rectangular fanlight.[13]
The dovecote is in red brick with blue brick diapering on a sandstoneplinth, with a dentileavescornice, and a pyramidal stone-slate roof with a small wooden glover that has a pyramidal lead cap and a weathervane. It contains a small window and a doorway with a red sandstone lintel. Inside there are about 300 nesting boxes.[10][16]
The stable is in red brick on a chamfered stone plinth, with diapering in blue brick, dressings in red and grey sandstone, quoins, and a parapetedgable end. There is one storey and a loft, and the stable contains doorway and windows of various types.[17]
The cottage was altered in the 19th century and has been divided into two dwellings. It is timber framed with brick infill, it has been partly refaced or rebuilt in brick, and the roof is tiled. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and flanking lean-tos. In the centre is a lean-to porch with segmental-headed entrances, the windows are casements with segmental heads, and there are three gableddormers.[18]
The farmhouse was later remodelled. It is timber framed, rendered, partly rebuilt in brick, and it has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and an H-shaped plan, consisting of a central hall range and flanking gabled cross-wings. The windows are mullioned and transomed, the gables are jettied, there are two gabled dormers, and in the angles are lean-to porches.[19]
The wall is in red brick, on a chamferedplinth and with dressings in grey sandstone. It has a U-shaped plan and runs for about 10 metres (33 ft). The wall has quoins and a chamfered stone coping, and contains a chamfered Tudor arch. Adjoining it is a stone mounting block.[20]
A farmhouse, later a private house, it was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. The earlier part is timber framed with red brick infill, the later parts are in red brick with a dentilledeavescornice, and the roof has asbestos slates. There are two storeys and an attic, the original part has two bays, the extension of two bays to the south gives an L-shaped plan, and there is a two-storey rear wing. The windows are a mix of sashes, casements, and a cross-window.[22]
The barn is timber framed with brick infill on a plinth of red brick, there is weatherboarding on the northwest gable, and a roof of corrugated iron. The barn has one storey, a loft and a basement, and two bays. Red sandstone steps lead up to a doorway on the southwest, there are also square openings, a loft entrance, and a former cartshed in the plinth.[25]
The dovecote is in red brick on a chamferedplinth, with stone quoins and a pyramidal slate roof. It has an octagonal plan, and contains a doorway and windows.[4][26]
A private chapel, the tower and porch were added in about 1730–35, and there were further additions in 1892–94. The chapel is built in Grinshillsandstone with tile roofs, and consists of a nave, a south porch, transepts with west porches, a chancel, a northeast vestry, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, angle pilasters, a round-arched west doorway and windows, a cornice, a parapet with urns, and a pyramidal roof with a weathervane. The porch has a pair of unflutedDoric pilasters, sections of an entablature with a triglyphfrieze, and a continuous moulded cornice.[27][28]
The almshouses are in red brick with mouldedstring courses and tile roofs with parapetedgable ends. They have one storey and attics and form three sides of a courtyard, the north range having eleven bays, and the east and west ranges with nine bays each. The windows are two-light casements, and there are gabled eavesdormers; the windows and doorways have segmental heads. Along the south is a red brick wall with sandstonecoping. In the centre is a sandstone gateway with chamferedrustication, an elliptical archway with rusticated voussoirs, moulded imposts, a frieze a moulded cornice, and a large semicircular pediment with a coat of arms in the tympanum and a globe finial.[29][30]
The wall is in red brick with grey sandstone dressings on a chamfered stone plinth with stgepped chamfered stone coping. It is about 200 metres (660 ft) long, and has an L-shaped plan, running along the road, and turning at the north end to adjoin the hall. At the south end is a pier with chamfered rustication a mouldedcornice, and a chamfered cap. In the north return is a gateway with brick gate piers, each with a chamfered stone plinth, a moulded stone cornice, and globe finial.[33]
The cottage has been extended and used for other purposes. It is timber framed with brick infill on a brick plinth and has a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays. The windows are casements and there are two gableddormers.[35]
The farmhouse was later remodelled. The original part is timber framed with brick infill, this has been partly rebuilt and extended in red brick, and the roof is tiled. There are two storeys and an attic, and a T-shaped plan. The windows are a mix of sashes and cross-windows, with casements in the attic. Above the lower floor windows and the doorway are hood moulds.[37]
The south aisle was added in 1826–27, and the chancel was rebuilt and the south vestry was added in 1902–05 by Aston Webb. The church is built in red brick with sandstone dressings and quoins, the roof is tiled, and Aston Webb's additions are in Ruabon brick. The church consists of a nave, a south aisle, a chancel with a south organ chamber and vestry, and a west tower. The chancel has three stages, with floor bands, a mouldedcornice, and a parapet with stone coping that is ramped up to the corners with tapered square obelisks. All the windows are round-headed.[40][41]
The remaining wall of the dovecote is in red brick with grey sandstone dressings on a chamferedplinth, with chamfered quoins, and part of a mouldedcornice. There are two storeys and two bays, and at the rear are nesting boxes and ledges. The wall dates from about 1780, and is in sandstone on red brick, and has a triple-stepped plinth, a dentil cornice, and a finial. It contains a round archway with chamfered voussoirs, and a pair of wooden gates.[44]
The buildings are in red brick with grey sandstone dressings and hipped tile roofs. They form a U-shaped plan, consisting of a coach house range with two storeys and an attic, and flanking ranges of one storey and an attic, with a wall along the south side. Above the three central bays of the coach house range is a triangular pediment with a clock in the tympanum, and a pavilion roof surmounted by a balustrade with urns. At the end of the left wing is a cottage with seven bays, and to its right are a cowshed and a granary.[45][46]
The garden wall to the south of the house is in red brick with sandstonecoping. It is about 70 metres (230 ft) long, stepped down to the south, and has raking buttresses to the east.[47]
A timber framed house with brick infill, partly encased in rendered brick in the 19th century, and with a slate roof. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and a lean-to at the rear. On the front is a gabled porch, the windows are casements, and there are two gabled eavesdormers.[48]
The rectory, later a private huse, is in red brick, partly on a stepped plinth, with a dentileavescornice and a slate roof with parapetedgables. There are two storeys and an attic, an L-shaped plan, a front of four bays, and infill in the angle. The third bay projects slightly, it has a gable, a Venetian window, and a stone Greek Doric doorcase with full columns and an entablature. The other windows are sashes, some of which are bowed.[49]
A row of cottages in red brick with tile roofs. They form a symmetrical composition consisting of a central range with two storeys and two bays, flanked by three-storey one-bay pavilions, flanked by one-storey three-bay ranges, and then two-storey two-bay pavilions. Most of the windows are cross-windows with segmental heads, and there are lunettes in the third storeys. The doorways have segmental heads, and most have gabled porches. Other features include bands and dentilledeavescornices.[50][51]
The farmhouse is in red brick with a dentileavescornice and a tile roof. There are three storeys and three bays, and a single-storey extension recessed on the left. The central doorway has a mouldedarchitrave, a rectangular fanlight, and a gabled hood on brackets. The windows in the lower two floors are sashes with segmental heads, and in the top floor they are casements.[52]
The lodges flank the entrance to the drive to Berwick house, and a storey was added to each in about 1878. They are in grey sandstone, each on a plinth with a mouldedeavescornice. They have pyramidal roofs, hipped at the rear, and each lodge has two storeys, a square plan, and rear extensions. On the front is a Tuscan porch with a frieze and a cornice, and the doorway has a moulded architrave. The windows are sashes, those facing the road in round-arched recesses. Between the lodges are cast iron vehicle and pedestrian gates, piers and railings.[45][53]
A red brick farmhouse with a tile roof and parapetedgable ends. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, five bays, and a rear wing. The central doorway has a flat hood, the windows are cross-windows with segmental heads, there are two basement windows, and three gabled eavesdormers.[54]
The farmhouse is in red brick with a mouldedeavescornice and a tile roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, a main block of three bays, and a two-storey extension to the right. The central doorway has a rectactular fanlight and a flat hood on shaped brackets, the windows in the main range are sashes, and in the extension they are casements.[55]
The stable and coach house are in red brick with a tile roof, and two storeys. The stable block contains a doorway with a segmental head and windows, and there is an extension to the left with a cross-window and a stable door, both with segmental heads. The coach house to the right has a loft door and a depressed archway with double doors.[56]
The eyecatcher consists of the ruins of farm buildings in Gothic style. The buildings are in red sandstone, breccia and conglomerate, with dressings in red sandstone and red brick. Features include a gable towards the house with buttresses and narrow arched slits, stepped triple lancet windows, and an arched doorway.[45][57]
The barn is timber framed with red brick infill, and it has a corrugated asbestos roof. It contains a cart entry, stable and loft doors, and ventilation holes. The horse engine house is to the northwest, and has a polygonal plan, red sandstonepiers, and a hippedslate roof.[58]
The stable block is in red brick with some red sandstone, a dentileavescornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan. The long range has doorways, some with segmental heads and some with fanlights, and the short range contains vents. At the southwest end is a three-storey tower with sash windows and a pyramidal roof with a weathervane.[60]
A country house, enlarged in 1933, it is in rendered brick on a plinth, with a floor band, a mouldedcornice, and a panelled parapet, raised over the middle bay. There are two and three storeys, a square plan, and a later wing to the northeast. The main block has fronts of three bays. In the centre is a grey sandstoneIonic porch with paired unfluted columns and a full entablature, and the doorway has side lights, incised pilasters, and a frieze and cornice on shallow consoles. The windows are sashes, and in the left return is a bow window and a doorway with quarter columns and an open triangular pediment. There is a semicircular porch in the angle with the later wing.[61]
The milepost is on the northeast side of the B5067 road. It is in cast iron, and has a triangular section with a chamfered top. The milepost is inscribed on the top with the name of the ecclesiastical parish, on the left side with the distance in miles to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury) and the direction to the County Office, and on the other side with the distance to Baschurch, and the direction to the parish church.[62]
The milepost is on the east side of the B5067 road. It is in cast iron, and has a triangular section with a chamfered top. The milepost is inscribed on the top with the name of the ecclesiastical parish, on the left side with the distance in miles to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury) and the direction to the County Office, and on the other side with the distance to Baschurch, and the direction to the parish church.[63]
The milepost is on the northeast side of the B5067 road. It is in cast iron, and has a triangular section with a chamfered top. The milepost is inscribed on the top with the name of the ecclesiastical parish, on the left side with the distance in miles to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury) and the direction to the County Office, and on the other side with the distance to Baschurch, and the direction to the parish church.[64]
The milepost is on the northeast side of the B5067 road. It is in cast iron, and has a triangular section with a chamfered top. The milepost is inscribed on the top with the name of the ecclesiastical parish, on the left side with the distance in miles to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury), and one the other side with the distance to Baschurch.[65]
The milepost is on the northeast side of the B5067 road. It is in cast iron, and has a triangular section with a chamfered top. The milepost is inscribed on the top with the name of the ecclesiastical parish, on the left side with the distance in miles to "SALOP" (Shrewsbury), and one the other side with the distance to Baschurch.[66]
The gates and gate piers are on the drive leading to the house. The gate piers are in red brick with grey sandstone caps. Each pier has a chamferedplinth, flutedpilaster strips, panels with aprons, a frieze, a mouldedcornice, and a decorative urn finial. The southern pier contains a recess for a pedestrian gate. There are two wrought iron gates, one for vehicles, and the other for pedestrians, each with cresting.[72]
The gates and gate piers are at the northern entrance to the formal garden. The pair of gate piers are in grey sandstone and have a square section. Each pier has a mouldedcornice, and a large carved iron finial. Between them is a pair of wrought iron gates with cresting in the centre.[73]
The gates and gate piers are at the southern entrance to the formal garden. The pair of gate piers are in grey sandstone and have a square section. Each pier has a mouldedcornice, and a large carved iron finial. Between them is a pair of wrought iron gates with cresting in the centre.[74]
The boat house is in grey sandstone, and has a flat stone roof. On the lake side is a segmental arched opening, above which is a two-light opening with a mullion. On the shore side, steps with flanking stepped walls lead down to a doorway.[76]
The walls enclose the forecourt to the north of the house, they are in red sandstone forming a U-plan, and are about 100 metres (330 ft) long. In the centre of the north wall is a gateway with piers that have round-headed panels, balusters at the corners, mouldedcornices, and are surmounted by statues. Between them is a pair of large gates flanked by smaller pedestrian gates, all in wrought iron. At the corners are square pavilions, each with one storey, a chamferedplinth, a cornice, a parapet, and a domed lead roof with a finial, and they contain mullioned windows.[79]
The terrace retaining wall by Aston Webb is in red sandstone, and is about 70 metres (230 ft) long. It has a pierced parapet and globe finials, and has a bowed projection at the west end. There is a flight of stone steps at angles from it, with a stepped parapet at the front.[80]
The walls, gates and gate piers were designed by Aston Webb. The walls and piers are in red sandstone on plinths. Each of the main gate piers has projections with scrolled tops, a frieze, a mouldedcornice and cap, and a globe finial. Between them are large ornamental wrought iron gates with cresting. To the west is a pedestrian gateway with a plain pier that has a domed top, and a wrought iron gate with an elaborate overthrow. The walls have plain balustrading, ramped coping, and end piers with domed caps.[84]
The war memorial stands near a road junction, it is in Horton stone, and its design is based on the Cross of Sacrifice. The memorial consists of a Latin cross on which is a metal sword. The cross stands on an octagonal plinth on a base of three steps. The plinth has an inscription of those lost in the First World War, and of those who returned from the conflict.[85]