| HER Number (PRN): | 17654 |
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| Name: | Wall with remains of pulpit and site of former gates apx 10m to E of Convent Lodge, Tong |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1176593: WALL WITH REMAINS OF PULPIT APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO EAST OF CONVENT LODGE |
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Monument Type(s):
- PULPIT (Late 18th century - 1765 AD? to 1765 AD)
- PARK WALL (Early 19th century - 1821 AD to 1821 AD)
Summary
A wall, dated 1821, and wall pulpit, probably 1765, 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 7986 0659 |
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Related records
| 13883 | Part of: Convent Lodge, Newport Road, Tong (Building) |
| 07551 | Part of: Tong Castle Park (18th century) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Wall and wall pulpit. Wall dated 1821, pulpit probably 1765, by ' Capability' Brown. Squared and coursed sandstone with ashlar pulpit. Approximately 40 metres long and 1. 5 metres high. 2 groups of triple quatrefoiled segmental-arched niches with carved spandrels; 8 carved square panels including butterfly, flower, mitre, crown, circle with cross, and shields. Alternating pierced Latin and St. Andrew's crosses (qv. North gates with flanking walls to Tong Castle. Wall at Tong Norton). Left-hand end pier and approximately 6 metres of the wall have collapsed but remain in pieces on the ground, including a square panel with a carved flower. [Following text deleted from Listing in 1989: Former tablet to left not now evident, inscribed: Posteritati sacrum/ impensis/ Geo. Durant AR/ 1821 (Dedicated to his descendants at the the expense of Geo. Durant, 1821). Right-hand end pier was removed along with circa 1765 gates, gatepiers and flanking walls to Marston Road, Wolverhampton in the late 1970s. End of deleted text]. Remains of central octagonal wall pulpit with chamfered base and carved rosette at foot. Superstructure has collapsed but remains in pieces on the ground to front and back of the wall. A C19 illustration (Griffith) shows a coping in the form of a serpent at the base of the pulpit, this is not evident in the collapsed remains. There was a similar structure on a wall in Tong Norton until it was removed in circa 1890; both pulpits were probably inspired by the early C14 refectory pulpit at St. Mary's Abbey Shrewsbury (qv. Convent Lodge, North gates and flanking walls to Tong Castle, Remains of Tong Castle). N. Pevsner, Buildings of England Shropshire; p304; G. Griffith, History of Tong and Boscobel, 1894, pp154-61; D. H. Robinson, The Wandering Worfe, Waine Research Publications,1980, pp56-7; J. E. Auden, Some erroneous traditions, T. S. A. S. Vol. 49 <1>
Sources
| [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. p78. |
| [02] | SSA110 - Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. p304. |
| [03] | SSA2912 - Monograph: Robinson D H. 1980. The Wandering Worfe. pp56-7. |
| [04] | SSA4016 - Monograph: Griffiths G. 1894. History of Tong and Boscobel. pp154-61. |
| [05] | SSA24118 - Article in serial: Auden J E. 1937. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 49. |
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 1 2021 2:26PM |
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