History

The farm appears to be a primary settlement on marshland reclaimed by the construction of argua/argy (levees) by Thomas Telford, surveyor of public works for Shropshire, after the Commons Enclosure Act 1799, to protect the town of Shrewsbury from a series of disastrous floods.

Exterior

Farmhouse, early C19, brick with slate roofs. Two stories, 2 bays with 2-bay 3-storey wing at SE end with rear stack, now the main house area, further extended with a longer lean-to on the N side. Brick dentilled eaves to earlier section. Large canopied porch on columns over part-glazed door. Sixteen paned sash window to the earlier wing. C20 additions at rear.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of regional farmhouse, which has historic interest also as part of the new settlement pattern after early C19 land reclamation.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29493177

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)