| HER Number (PRN): | 15057 |
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| Name: | Fowl House apx 10m to W of Vauxhall Farmhouse, Tong |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1053640: FOWL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO WEST OF VAUXHALL FARMHOUSE |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A poultry house, circa 1842, which is protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Tong, Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ70NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 7830 0756 |
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Related records
| 07551 | Part of: Tong Castle Park (18th century) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Fowl House. Circa 1842. Squared and coursed sandstone base, and gault brick above with grey brick dressings. Neo-Egyptian style; square base with tall pyramid above. Coped base with low entrance to South. Pyramid with dentil brick string courses and diamond openings between, and stone obelisk finial with oval side openings. Some of the bricks were originally inscribed with mottoes: "LIVE AND LET LIVE ; SCRAT BEFORE YOU PECK; TRIAL BY JURY; TEACH YOUR GRANNY; CAN YOU SMELL; GIVE EVERY (DOG) HIS DUE (DAY?); HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. " This is one of a series of eccentric outbuildings erected on the Tong Estate in the time of the Second George Durant (d. 1844) (qv. Pig Sty and Cow house to North of Acorn Cottage) G. Griffith, History of Tong and Boscobel, 1894, p159; D. H. Robinson, The Wandering Worfe, Waine Research Publications, 1980, p53 <1>
Of brown brick on a sandstone base, with perching ledges at five levels. It is the principal survivor of several such impractically practical structures at farms on the Tong Castle Estate. George Durant Jun. put them up, probably in the 1820s. <3>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 15057. |
| [01] | 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. p61. |
| [02] | SSA4016 - Monograph: Griffiths G. 1894. History of Tong and Boscobel. p159. |
| [03] | SSA23518 - Monograph: Newman J & Pevsner N. 2006. Buildings of England: Shropshire. Buildings of England. p.664. |
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 22 2022 2:40PM |
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