Hopton Wafers is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are 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 Hopton Wafers, the smaller settlement of Doddington, and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings include houses and farmhouses, some of which are timber framed, two churches, memorials and tombs in a churchyard, a country house and associated structures, two bridges, and a war memorial.
The house is partly timber framed with cruck construction and brick infill, and partly in stone, and has tiled roofs. There is one storey, attics and a cellar, and a four-bay range with end extensions. On the west front are gabled and lean-to extensions and a bay window. The east front contains casement windows and a gabled dormer. Inside are full cruck trusses.[2][3]
Formerly three houses, later combined into one, later it was extended. The original three bays are timber framed and encased in brick, the one-bay extension to the right is in stone, and the roof is tiled. There is one storey and attics, the windows are casements, and there are three gableddormers on the front and a flat-roofed dormer at the rear.[5]
The farmhouse is timber framed with brick infill on a stone plinth, with underbuilding in brick and a tile roof. There are two storeys and a cellar, and a T-shaped plan, consisting of a two-bay range and a two-bay cross-wing. On the cross-wing is a projecting porch with a hipped roof, and the windows are casements.[6]
A timber framed house encased in stone with a tile roof. There are two storeys, three bays, a brick wing projecting to the right with a dentileaves course, and a rear lean-to. The windows are casements.[7]
A farmhouse, later a private house, it is in red brick with a storey band, the rear wings are in stone, and the roof is tiled with copedgables. There are two storeys, five bays, and at the rear are two gabled wings and a lean-to. On the front is a two-storey projecting porch with a hipped roof and a segmental-headed entrance. The windows on the front are mullioned and transomed, and elsewhere they are casements.[8]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is to the memory of Catherine Taylor. It is a headstone in sandstone, and consists of a rectangular slab with a plain inscribed panel and a carved upper edge with a central pediment.[9]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is to the memory of Joyce Waddington and her daughter. It is a headstone in sandstone, and consists of a rectangular slab with a plain inscribed panel and a carved upper edge with a central pediment.[10]
A country house, it was remodelled in 1811–13 by John Nash for Thomas Botfield. The house is faced in ashlar stone, and has a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys, the southwest front has five bays, a central portico of eight paired unflutedIonic columns with a balustrade. The northwest front has three bays, and two cantedbay windows. On the southeast front are bay windows and a portico with four columns and a balustrade. There is a two-storey service wing to the right.[11][12]
A brick house with a dentileaves course and a hipped tile roof. There are three storeys and three bays, the middle bay with a pediment, and at the rear are two and three-storey gabled wings. In the centre is a doorway with Tuscan columns, an open pediment, and a fanlight. Most of the windows are sashes, those in the middle floor with projecting keyblocks.[13]
Originally farm buildings, they have been altered for residential use, and stretch along the road to the north of the house. The buildings are in brick on a stone plinth, and have a dentileaves course and tile roofs. There are two storeys, five bays, and a rear cross-wing. The front range contains a carriage entry, most of the windows are casements, with some sashes, and there is a 20th-century oriel window above the entry.[14]
The bridge carries a road over Hopton Brook. It consists of a single round brick arch on stone abutments with brick buttresses. The bridge has two string courses and a parapet, and the approach walls are splayed.[15]
The orangery, wall and outbuildings are in the grounds of Hopton Court. The orangery is built in cast iron and glass, and has stone piers at the doorway and the corners. It has a rectangular plan and nine bays, and is built against a tall brick heated wall.[2][16]
The church was built for Thomas Botfield on the site of a medieval church. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, and contains round-headed windows, a clock face on the south side, and a parapet with pointed battlements and obeliskpinnacles. The windows in the body of the church have pointed heads and contain Perpendiculartracery, and the porch is in Tudor style.[17][18]
The gate piers flank the entrance to the churchyard. They are in sandstone, and each has a square plan, a plinth, a rusticated shaft, a plain entablature, a cornice, and a pyramidal cap. Between them are cast iron gates and an elliptical overthrow. The churchyard wall extends for 40 metres (130 ft) to the northeast.[19]
A squatter's cottage and attached cowshed, it is in dhustone with a tile roof. The cottage has two storeys, one bay, and a rear wing, and it contains casement windows. Attached is a single-storey cowshed with a corrugated sheet roof, and containing two doorways.[20]
The house was extended in the 20th century. It is in red brick with some stone and a tile roof. The gable end faces the road, there is one storey and an attic, and an extension bay at the rear. The windows are casements, and there is a dormer on the west side.[22]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is to the memory of Drusilla Nicholls. It is in sandstone and consists of a pedestal tomb, with a two-stage plinth, panels with incised borders, a mouldedcornice, and a pyramidal lid with an urn finial. The tomb is surrounded by iron railings.[23]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is to the memory of Lucy Nott and Charles Cooksey. It is in sandstone and consists of a pedestal tomb, with a mouldedchamferedplinth, plain raised panels, a moulded cornice, and a curved pyramidal lied with a tabernacle finial. The tomb is surrounded by iron railings.[24]
Originally stables in the grounds of Hopton Court, the outbuildings are rendered with hippedslate roofs. They form a courtyard plan, with a two-storey four-bay block flanked by single-storey wings. Most of the windows are sashes. The cobbled courtyard is enclosed by rendered walls with stone coping, and square gate piers with pyramidal caps.[25]
A sandstone house with some red brick dressings and a tile roof. Under the tiles is a roof consisting of iron plates, designed by Thomas Botfield. There are two storeys, and two bays, the windows are casements, and there is a blocked doorway with a segmental arch. At the rear in a 20th-century extension, larger than the original house.[2][26]
A stone church, consisting of a nave, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower contains round-headed windows, a clock face on the south side, and an embattledparapet with raised corner merlons. The windows in the body of the church have pointed heads, and the porch has buttresses and a semi-embattled parapet.[27][28]
The tomb is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church, and is to the memory of Thomas Botfield and his wife. It is in sandstone, and consists of a sarcophagus-style memorial on a stone-clad square brick tomb. The sarcophagus has a pyramidal lid with a ball-flowerfinial, inclined sides with a simple incised border, and lions' feet on a plain plinth. The tomb has cornicedeaves, panels with pilaster shafts, one of which has an inscription, all on a plain plinth.[17][29]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St John's Church. It is in limestone, and consists of a wheel head cross with a tapering shaft, on a tapering plinth on a base of two steps. On the plinth is an inscription and the names of those lost in the First World War.[30]
