Market Drayton is a town and a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 80 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four are at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Most of the listed buildings are grouped around the town centre, and many of them are houses, shops or public houses that are timber framed, or have a timber-framed core. Other types of listed buildings include churches, memorials and other structures in a churchyard, restaurants and cafés, hotels, a former grammar school and schoolmaster's house, mills, bridges, a war memorial, and a pillbox.
The oldest substantial part of the church is the west tower, there is a reset Norman west doorway, and the rest of the church was rebuilt in 1881–84 by Carpenter and Ingelow, who also restored it in 1885–89. The church is built mainly in red sandstone with some grey sandstone in the tower, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, a northwest canted stair turret that has a pyramidal cap and a finial, a three-light west window, clock faces on all sides, gargoyles, an embattledparapet with crocketed corner pinnacles, and a weathervane. The nave and chancel have embattled parapets, and at the east end of the nave is a square bellcote with a crocketed canopy and a finial.[2][3]
The wall, which was extended in the 20th century, is at the north end of the churchyard of St Mary's Church, and behind 6–10 Great Hales Street. It is in red sandstone with a brick top stage, and two buttresses with chamfered tops. The wall is about 20 metres (66 ft) long.[4]
Originally a churchyard cross, the shaft has been replaced by a sundial, it is in grey sandstone, and is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. There is a base of four octagonal stone steps on which is a shaft in the form of a column with a splayed base and a mouldedcapital. On the top is a copper dial and a gnomon. The dial carries an inscription and there is an inscribed plate on the base of the shaft.[5]
Cross-wings were added to the house in the 16th century, it was altered in the 18th century, extended in about 1870, and remodelled in about 1906–07. The original part is timber framed with plaster infill on a sandstoneplinth. It was rendered and extended in brick at the rear, and the front was refaced and rebuilt in red brick on a blue brick plinth with sandstone dressings. The roofs are tiled, there are two storeys and a basement, and an H-shaped plan. The timber-framed part has a jettied upper storey with an ornamental bressumer. On the front are four gables with decorative and pierced bargeboards and finials, and a doorway with a mouldedarchitrave, and a round-arched surround. To the left is a full-height cantedbay window, and the other windows are sashes.[6][7]
The house, which was later altered, is timber framed on a chamfered grey sandstoneplinth, party encased in rendered brick, extended or refaced in red brick at the rear, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, an attic and basement, and an E-shaped plan, with two bays facing the roads, the left bay gabled, and sides of three bays. The windows are a mixture of casements and sashes, some of the latter being horizontally-sliding. The doorway in the right return has a gabled porch, a mouldedarchitrave, and a fanlight, and at the rear is a gabled eavesdormer.[6][8]
A house, later a shop, it was remodelled in the 19th century. It is timber framed with renderedinfill, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic and one bay. The upper floor and attic are jettied. In the ground floor is an early 19th-century shop front, the upper floor contains a sash window, and above is gabledeavesdormer with a finial.[9]
The house, later a shop, was altered in about 1900. It is timber framed with plaster infill, partly rebuilt and underbuilt in red brick, and with a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. The upper floor was formerly jettied, and there is a moulded and carved bressumer. The right gable end is slightly jettied and the gable has plain bargeboards. In the ground floor are 19th- and 20th-century shop fronts, and the windows above are casements.[10][11]
A house, later a shop, it was remodelled in about 1900. It is timber framed with red brick nogging, it has been refronted with applied timber framing, and the roof is tiled. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. In the ground floor is a projecting shop front with plate glass windows flanking a central doorway. The upper floor contains a cantedbay window, and the attic is jettied and gabled, with bargeboards and a finial, and it contains a casement window.[12]
A house, later a shop, it has been refaced and partly rebuilt in brick, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and two bays. In the ground floor is a projecting shop front with plate glass windows, and the upper floor contains a casement window. The attic is jettied with a mouldedbressumer, and a gable with bargeboards.[13]
A house later used for other purposes, it was remodelled in the early 19th century. It has a timber framed core encased in brick, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and a front of one bay. In the ground floor is a 19th-century shop front with a doorway at an angle on the corner. In the upper floor is a casement window, and above is a large gabledeavesdormer. The gable end contains a doorway with a small shop front to the right, and sash windows above. Inside the building is much surviving timber framing.[14]
A house, later a restaurant, it is timber framed with brick and plaster infill on a sandstoneplinth, partly rebuilt in brick, and with a tile roof. It has three bays at right angles to the road, one storey and an attic. The front facing the road is gabled with shaped bargeboards, and it contains a cantedoriel window. Along the sides are gabled eavesdormers.[15]
A house, later a shop, it was extended to the rear in the 18th century, and partly rebuilt in the 19th century. It is timber framed with brick nogging on a brick plinth, it was rebuilt and extended in red brick and rendered on the front, and has a tile roof, hipped at the front. The building is mainly at right angles to the street, and on the front is a shop front in the ground floor and sash windows above.[16]
A cottage that was extended in the 18th century, the original one-bay part is timber framed and rendered, and the two-bay extension is in brick, partly rendered. The roof is tiled, there is one storey and attics, and there are flanking one-storey lean-tos on the sides. On the front are two gabled porches, the windows are casements, and there are three gabled eavesdormers.[17]
The house, which was remodelled in the 18th century, is timber framed with brick nogging, rendered at the front, and exposed at the rear. There is a tile roof, one storey and an attic, two bays, and a single-storey lean-to at the rear. The door to the left has a rectangular fanlight and a bracketed hood, the windows are sashes, and there are two gabled half-dormers with decorative bargeboards and finials.[18]
A house, later a pair of shops, it was altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed with brick nogging, and partly rebuilt in brick, which is partly rendered, and the roof is tiled. It is partly in one storey with an attic, and partly in two storeys. In the ground floor are shop fronts, above are casement windows, and there are two gabled half-dormers. At the rear is a brick wing and some exposed timber framing.[19]
A house, later an inn, then a pair of shops, it was remodelled in the 18th century. It has a timber framed core, and is rendered with a mouldedeavescornice, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, four bays, and two gabled rear wings. In the ground floor are two 20th-century shop fronts, and to the left is a door to a passageway. In the upper floor are sash windows, and above are two dormers, one gabled, and the other with a hipped roof. Inside is substantial surviving timber framing.[21]
A house, later a public house, it was remodelled in the 19th century. It is in red brick with a tile roof and a large gable to the right. In the ground floor are two flat-roofed bay windows flanking a doorway with a flat hood on scrolled brackets. In the gable are two sash windows, and to the left is a gabled eavesdormer with a casement window.[22]
A house, later a shop, it was partly rebuilt in the 18th century. It is basically timber framed on a plinth, and is partly rebuilt in brick with a plat band, and has a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, one bay, and a rear wing. In the ground floor is a shop front, and to the right is a sash window, and a carriageway. Above is a gabledeavesdormer.[23]
The oldest part is the rear wing, the front range being added in the 19th century. The rear range is timber framed with brick nogging, the front range is in red brick, and the roof is tiled. There are two storeys, and a front range of three bays. In the ground floor are 19th-century shop fronts with three square flat-roofed bay windows, each with a fascia and a cornice. Between the two right bay windows is a doorway with reeded pilaster strps and a blind fanlight.[24]
A house that was remodelled in the 19th century, and partly divided, it has a timber framed core encased in red brick, and a tile roof. There is an L-shaped plan, the main range has two bays, one storey and an attic, and the rear wing has two storeys. The main range has a plinth, a dentileavescornice, and two gabled half-dormers. In the ground floor is a central segmental-headed doorway with a gabled porch, to the right is a casement window, and to the left a former shop front with reeded pilasters, a frieze, and a mouldedcornice. In the left gable end is a shop front and doorway with pilasters and a continuous frieze and cornice.[25]
A pair of houses, later shops with living accommodation, they were altered in the 19th century. The building is timber framed and rendered with a tile roof. There are two storeys and attics, and three bays. In the ground floor are 19th-century shop fronts with pilastered surrounds, fascias, and cornices on carved scrolled brackets. In the upper floor, from the left is a cross-window, a flat-roofed cantedbay window, and a casement window, and above is a small gabledeavesdormer.[26]
The earlier part is a house, later a public house, which was later extended and altered, with the brewery at the rear dating from the 19th century. The public house is timber framed with brick and plaster infill on a brick plinth, with some refacing and rebuilding in brick, a renderedgable, and tiled roofs. It has an L-shaped plan, with a short main range with two storeys, an attic and a basement, and a larger gabled cross-wing to the left with two storeys and three bays. The upper storey is jettied with a mouldedbressumer. Most of the windows are casements. The brewery is in red brick with a tile roof, two storeys and a loft, and contains sash windows.[10][27]
A house, later divided into two, it was altered in the 19th and 21st centuries. It is timber framed with plaster infill and a tile roof. There are two storeys, with an L-shaped plan, with a front of two bays, and a rear wing. The windows on the front are mullioned.[28]
Originally two houses on a corner site, later used for other purposes, it was restored in 1962. The building is timber framed with plaster infill, the ground floor was rebuilt in sandstone, and the gable end is rendered. There are two storeys and an attic, seven bays on Shropshire Street, and four on Cheshire Street. The upper storey and attics are jettied with moulded and carved bressumers. Some windows are casements, and some are sashes, and there are gabled eavesdormers on both fronts.[6][30]
The house, which was at one time an inn, and then a shop, was remodelled in the 18th century. The original part is timber framed, the eaves have been raised in brick, and it is rendered. The house has a band, a dentilledcornice, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and two bays. Steps with handrails lead up to a central doorway with a bracketed gabled porch. To the left is a former shop window in the form of a cantedbay window, under which is a basement door, and to the right is a smaller canted bay window and a passage doorway. In the upper floor are sash windows.[31]
A house, later a café, it was altered and extended in the 18th century. It is timber framed with plaster infill, partly rendered on a sandstoneplinth, partly refaced and rebuilt in red brick, and with a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two or three bays at right angles to the road. On the front is a doorway with reeded pilasters, a frieze and a cornice, and there are two casement windows. In the right return is a gabledeavesdormer. The 18th-century extension has a dentil eaves cornice, and a dormer.[32]
A house, later a public house, it was altered and extended later. It is timber framed with plaster and brick infill, pebbledashed on the right return, with applied timber framing to the front and some underbuilding in brick, and a tile roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, and an L-shaped plan, with a four-bay main block and a later two-storey rear wing. On the front are two gables, and a projecting gabled two-storey porch approached by two flights of steps behind a brick wall. The upper floor and attics are slightly jettied, and the windows are casements. The rear wing is in brick, and contains sash windows.[33][34]
A house, later a public house, it was altered in about 1900. It is timber framed with brick and plaster infill, the front has been refaced with applied timber framing, and it has a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and the attic is jettied with mouldedbressumers. There are three gabled half-dormers and a two-storey gabled porch. The windows are casements.[6][35]
The house was extended to the rear in the late 18th century. It is in red brick on a plinth, and has a plat band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a tile roof with parapetedgable ends. There are two storeys, and attic and a basement, a front of five bays, the middle bay projecting forward, and a three-storey rear wing. A flight of seven semicircular grey sandstone steps leads up to the central doorway that has flutedpilasters, a radial fanlight, an entablature, and a triangular pediment. The windows are sashes. In the attic are two dormers with triangular pedimented gables, flanking a central circular parapeted gable containing a sash window.[6][36]
A grammar school and schoolmaster's house, later two houses, they are in brick with tile roofs. The school is in one and two storeys with an attic, and the house to the south has two and three storeys and an attic. Some windows are casements, some are sashes and each part has hippedeavesdormers. The house has two doorways with mouldedarchitraves. Inside the schoolroom is a bust of Rowland Hill in a niche.[37][38]
The house was later extended. It is in brick with sandstone dressings, the sides and rear are rendered, and the hipped roof is tiled. The original house has two storeys, an attic and a basement, and three bays. There is a plinth, a belt course above the ground floor, a frieze and a modillioncornice above the upper floor, and a dentileaves cornice above the attic. The central doorway has pilasters, a mouldedarchitrave, a frieze, and a segmental pediment on consoles. The windows are sashes; the window above the doorway has a flat head and a keystone, the other windows in the lower floors have depressed arch heads, and in the attic they are smaller with flat heads. Nos. 16 and 16A to the left has two storeys and three bays, a doorway to the left, and sash windows.[6][39]
A house, later a shop, with a 17th-century core, that was altered in the 19th century. It is in red brick with sandstone dressings on a moulded stone plinth, with a dentilcornice, a parapet with red sandstonecoping, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of two bays and a rear wing. Steps lead up to a central doorway with a panelled surround, to the right is a 19th-century canted shop front, and to the left is a casement window. In the upper floor are sash windows and there is a pair of dormers.[40]
The house, which has a 17th-century core, was remodelled in the early 19th century. It is in rendered brick on a mouldedsandstoneplinth, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, two bays, and two gabled wings at the rear. Steps lead up to the central doorway that has panelled pilaster strips, a moulded architrave, and a triangular pedimented hood on shaped brackets with guttae. The windows are sashes, and there are two dormers with hipped roofs. In front of the house are two areas enclosed by low sandstone walls.[42]
A house, later an inn, then a shop and offices, it was later altered and extended. The building probably has a timber framed core, the additions are in red sandstone and brick, it is rendered, and the roof is tiled. It has a front range of two bays, a gabled cross-wing on the left, and a later brick wing at the rear. The two-bay range has two storeys, and the wings have two storeys and attics. On the front the ground floor has large plate glass shop windows and a recessed porch, and in the upper floor are sash windows.[43]
The house was extended in about 1900, and has been divided into flats. It is in Georgian style, and is in red brick with sandstone dressings on a stone plinth with brick quoins, a cill band, a mouldedcornice, a parapet with stone coping, and a tile roof. There are three storeys, and a front of seven bays, and a later recessed single-bay wing on the left. The middle three bays project under a triangular pediment. Steps lead up to the central doorway that has three-quarter Ionic columns, a moulded architrave, an entablature, and a triangular pediment. The windows are sashes with rusticatedlintels and raised keystones.[6][47]
A house, later a shop at right angles to the street, it is in red brick with sandstone dressings on a chamfered stone plinth, with a plat band, chamfered quoins, and a tile roof with parapetedcopedgables. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, and a front of two bays. In the ground floor is a 20th-century shop front, and above are sash windows. The returns have two bays, and in the right return are two gabled dormers with decorative bargeboards. To the right is a chamfered stone milestone with an illegible inscription.[48]
The house incorporates earlier timber framing, and is in red brick with a tile roof. There are two storeys, two bays, and a single-storey lean-to at the rear. The windows are casements with segmental heads, and the rear wall is timber framed.[49]
A house, later a shop, it is in red brick on a plinth, with a plat band, a mouldedeavescornice, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and four bays. In the ground floor is a shop front with a central door, and a fascia and cornice above, and to the left is a doorway with an inscribed fanlight. In the upper floor are sash windows, and above are two hippeddormers containing horizontally-sliding sashes.[50]
A cottage, later a shop, it is in red brick, rendered and the front, and is a right angles to the road. It has a tile roof with parapetedgable ends, and facing the road there is stone coping. There is one storey and an attic, and a shop front.[51]
A pair of brick houses on a plinth, the left side rendered, with a band, and a tile roof with parapetedgable ends. There are two storeys and attics, and each house has two bays. Both houses have sash windows, those in the ground floor with segmental heads. St. Mary's Cottage has a gabled lattice porch and two gabled dormers.[53]
A house, later part of a school, it is in red brick with dressings in orange brick, on a renderedplinth, with a storey band, and a modillioncornice, a copedparapet, and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and a double-pile cruciform plan. The ends of the east and west wings are canted, the south front has a three-baybow window, and the north front, which faces the road, has two bays. The doorway has three-quarter Doric columns and a broken pediment. In the upper storey of the bow is a Venetian window with Doric pilasters and an entablature, and the other windows are sashes.[54][55]
The stable block to the northeast of the house is in red brick with a dentileavescornice and a hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and a U-shaped plan. The main range has six bays, the central four bays projecting forward under a pedimentedgable with a circular clock face in the tympanum. The central two bays contain round-arched windows with lunettes above, and the other windows are cross-windows. On the roof is a square wooden cupola with round arches and an ogee lead dome with a globe finial and a weathervane.[10][56]
A house, later a shop and offices, it is in brick with sandstone dressings, quoin strips, a moulded stone eavescornice, and a tile roof with a parapetedgable end on the right. There are three storeys, two bays, and a later gabled rear wing. In the ground floor are plate glass shop windows flanking a recessed doorway, in the middle floor are Venetian windows with a moulded architrave and an entablature, and in the top floor are sash windows with moulded architraves.[57]
The hotel was extended by the addition of a block to the left in the early 19th century, and a ballroom at the rear. The building is in red brick with a tile roof. The earlier block has two storeys and an attic, and four bays, sash windows, and two hippedeavesdormers. The later block has three storeys and three bays. On the front is a Tuscan porch with granite columns, a frieze and a triangular pediment, and the double doors have a reeded architrave with paterae, a radial fanlight, a frieze, and a mouldedcornice. To the left is a carriageway, the windows in the lower floors are sashes, and in the top floor they are casements.[33][59]
A red brick house with a renderedplinth, plat bands, and a tile roof with parapetedgable ends. There are two storeys, a basement and an attic, and three bays. Three steps with wrought iron railings lead up to a central doorway with a reeded architrave and a flat hood, and to the left is a segmental-headed doorway. The windows are sashes, and the window above the doorway is blind.[63]
A house, possibly two houses partly truncated to make a house and a shop. It is in red brick on a plinth, with a plat band, a dentileavescornice, and a tile roof. There are three storeys, and an L-shaped plan, with a front of three bays, and a two-storey rear wing. Three steps with a handrail lead up to the doorway, which has a mouldedarchitrave and a triangular pedimented hood. The windows are sashes, and to the right is a blocked depressed arch with an inserted window.[64]
A house, later a public house, it is in red brick with a plat band, a dentileavescornice, and a tile roof. There are three storeys and three bays. The doorway has pilasters, an impost band, a blind round-arched tympanum, an entablature, and an open triangular pediment. The windows are sashes, and the windows above the doorway are blind.[65]
The monument is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, and is to the memory of Joseph Haslem and his wife. It is a pedestal tomb in grey sandstone, and has a mouldedplinth, raised side panels, corner piers, a flutedfrieze, a moulded cornice, and a shallow pyramidal top. Surrounding the memorial is a low wall.[66]
An open market hall consisting of monolithicunflutedTuscan grey sandstone columns carrying a slate roof. It has sides of four and three bays, and triangular pedimentedgable ends. In the centre of the roof is a square wooden bellcote with a pyramidal cap and containing two copper bells.[10][67]
A red brick house with sandstone dressings, a plat band, a dentileavescornice, and a tile roof with parapetedgable ends and sandstone copings. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, and an L-shaped plan with a front of three bays, and a rear wing. The central bay projects and is surmounted by a triangular pediment with a frieze and a cornice. Four stone steps lead up to a central doorway that has panelled pilaster strips, an impost band, a radial fanlight, and a triangular pediment. The windows are sashes.[6][70]
The house, which incorporates a 17th-century core, is in red brick with stone dressings, a dentileavescornice, and a tile roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a basement, and three bays, the middle bay projecting with a parapetedgable. In the centre is a projecting Tuscan porch with a frieze, a moulded cornice, and a cast iron balcony. The doorway has a rectangular fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[72]
A red brick house on a renderedplinth, the right gable end rendered, with a dentileavescornice, and a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and three bays. The central doorway has pilasters, a radial fanlight, a frieze, and a triangular pediment, and above it is a round-headed window. The other windows are sashes, and there are two gabled eaves dormers.[73]
A house, later a public house, it is in red brick with a dentileavescornice and a tile roof. There are three storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a mouldedarchitrave, a frieze with reeded end sections, a moulded cornice, and a triangular pediment. In the ground floor are bow windows with flutedpilasters, a frieze, and a moulded cornice, and the other windows are sashes.[75]
The bridge carries the A53 road over the River Tern. It is in sandstone, and consists of a single wide segmental arch. The bridge has a projecting keystone on the north side, a flat string course, and curved ends on the south side.[76]
The monument is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, and is to the memory of members of the Sandbrook family. It is a chest tomb in grey sandstone, and is in the form of a Greek Revivalsarcophagus. The tomb has a chamferedplinth, end panels with antefixae, a central block with a shallow chamfered top, and raised side panels with festoons beneath.[78]
Originally two cottages, later one house, it is in brick on a high plinth, and has a tile roof with a parapetedgable on the right. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and a lower wing recessed on the right. A double flight of stone steps with wrought iron railings leads up to a central doorway that has a porch with a hipped roof on brackets. The windows in the ground floor are sash windows, above are two gabled half-dormers with casements, and in the right wing is a garage door with a segmental head.[79]
The vicarage was refronted later in the century with Gothic detailing. It is in red brick with stone dressings, quoins, a decorative corbel table, and a slate roof. There are two storeys, an attic and a cellar, a front of five bays, and a small rear extension. The doorway has a fluted surround, a semicircular fanlight, and an open pedimented hood. The windows are sashes with Gothic detailing, and there is a dormer window.[80]
The church was designed by S. Pountney Smith and John Smith, and is in red sandstone with dressings in grey sandstone, and has tile roofs. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel, north and south vestries, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, string courses, and an embattledcopedparapet. To the northwest is an octagonal stair turret rising higher than the tower that has an embattled parapet and a weathervane. The windows are lancets.[33][81]
A Roman Catholic church that was designed by Edmund Kirby in Early English style. It is built in cream Wollerton brick with banding and dressings in red Ruabon brick and has a tiled roof with red ridge tiles. The church consists of a nave and a cantedsanctuary with an apsidal end, all under one roof, and a porch. The presbytery is attached to the church by a single-storey block containing a sacristy. It has two storeys and a cellar, and two bays. The right bay is gabled with bargeboards, and contains a canted bay window in the ground floor and a segmental headed window above, and the doorway is in the left bay.[33][83]
A former corn mill, it is in brick with a slate roof, and has an L-shaped plan, with a main range and a rear wing on the right. On the front are three storeys and an attic, and six bays separated by pilasters, with a gable above the three bays on the right. It has six-pane windows with top-opening lights and cement lintels, and there is a two-bay carriageway with blue brick jambs. Along the sides and at the rear the windows have segmental heads and are in recessed panels with segmental arches. On the roofs are louvred ventilators, and inside are cast iron columns.[10][84]
The brewery, later converted for other uses, is in brick with slate roofs, and has a steel frame. There is an L-shaped plan, and the building consists of a main block with two storeys and four bays, a six-storey, three-bay tower with a pyramidal roof to the right, and a rear wing. The bays are divided by brick pilasters, and the windows have segmental heads. In the right bay of the main block is a carriageway with an elliptical stone arch, a scrolled keystone, a cornice, and inscribed spandrels.[10][85]
The war memorial stands in a garden at a road junction. It is in granite and consists of a cross on a plinth on a three-stepped base. The front of the cross and the shaft are polished, and the sides are rough-hewn, and on the cross are carved wreaths. On the plinth are inscriptions and the names of those lost in the First World War. Behind the cross is a concrete wall, bowed at the ends, which was added after the Second World War, and on the central panel are the names of those lost in that war.[86]
The Type 24 pillbox is adjacent to the Shropshire Union Canal. It is in reinforced concrete, on a square concrete plinth, and has a hexagonal plan. Five of the walls contain single openings, and in the sixth is a doorway flanked by rifle loopholes.[87]
