| HER Number (PRN): | 13884 |
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| Name: | Former North Gates, gatepiers and flanking walls, Tong Castle |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Tong |
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| Listed Building (II) 1053608: FORMER NORTH GATES AND GATEPIERS TO TONG CASTLE AND FLANKING RETAINING WALLS AND BOLLARDS, APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF THE OLD POST OFFICE, NEWPORT ROAD |
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Monument Type(s):
- GATE (Late 18th century to Early 19th century - 1760 AD to 1837 AD)
- GATE PIER (Late 18th century to Early 19th century - 1760 AD to 1837 AD)
- PARK WALL (Late 18th century to Early 19th century - 1760 AD to 1837 AD)
Summary
18th to 19th century, gate, gate piers and wall, which are protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Tong, Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ70NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 7965 0736 |
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Related records
| 07551 | Part of: Tong Castle Park (18th century) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Gates, flanking walls and bollards. Late C18 or early C19. 2 wrought iron gates with fleur-de-lys railings. Flanking walls: squared and coursed sandstone approximately 5 metres long and 1 metre high. Dentil brick chamfered coping, central segmental arched niches with flanking recessed Latin and Maltese crosses; square gate and end piers with dentil brick coping. Low flanking retaining walls, approximately 20 metres to left and 60 metres to right. Bollards on bank behind retaining wall, 4 to left of gates and 11 to right, with chain links between; cannon type with acanthus necking, finials, Durant shields with motto: Beati qui Durant (Blessed are those who endure, or Blessed are the Durants). The bollards were brought from near the castle when it ceased to be lived in. The walls have similar details to that East of Convent Lodge (qv) entrance which are dated to 1821, but if they date from the building of the Castle (qv) in 1765 they are probably by its architect, Capability Brown. G Griffith, History of Tong and Boscobel, 1894, pp 89-92 and pp 15-61; D H Robinson, The Wandering Worfe, Waine Research Publications, 1980, p56 <2>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 13884. |
| [01] | SSA11381 - List of Buildings: Ministry of Housing and Local Government. 1952-Aug. Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Shifnal Rural District). Provisional List. p18. |
| [02] | SSA11393 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1984-Aug-29. 7th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 380-0. List volume. p75. |
| [03] | SSA4016 - Monograph: Griffiths G. 1894. History of Tong and Boscobel. p89-92. |
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 22 2022 2:24PM |
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