Cound is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the small villages of Cound, Upper Cound and Harnage, and is otherwise entirely rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of which are timber framed, and some have cruck construction. The other listed buildings include a church and items in the churchyard, a former monastic grange, a former manor house, a country house, two bridges, a public house, two milestones, a milepost, four pumps, and a war memorial
The oldest parts of the church are the tower, the nave, the south aisle and south porch. The north aisle was added in 1842, and the chancel in 1862, both by S. Pountney Smith. The church is built in sandstone with tile roofs, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry and organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, a northeast stair turret, gargoyles, an embattledparapet with eight pinnacles, and a low pyramidal cap with a weathervane.[2][3]
Originally a monastic grange, later a farmhouse it was extended in the 16th and early 19th centuries, but most of the exterior dates from 1878, with further alterations in about 1933. It is in grey sandstone and red brick, and has tile roofs. The building has a U-shaped plan, in parts with one storey and an attic, and elsewhere in two storeys or two storeys and attics. The doorways have chamfered surrounds, and the windows vary; some are mullioned, some are mullioned and transomed, some are casements, and there are gabled half-dormers. Other features include parapeted gables with obeliskfinials, and a crow-stepped gable.[4][5]
The barn is timber framed with weatherboarding and cruck construction on a plinth of red brick and stone, with red brick gable ends, and a tile roof. There are five bays, brick buttresses at the east end, opposed doorways, and a loft door and vents in the gable ends. Inside are four full cruck trusses.[6]
The cottage is timber framed with red brick nogging, partly rebuilt in rendered brick, and has an asbestos sheet roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays, and the windows are casements.[7]
The gazebo is in brick on a chamferedplinth, and has a pyramidal stone-slate roof with a finial. It has a polygonal plan and a south wing, and two storeys. To the south is a chamfered crow-stepped gable. There is a chamfered round-arch doorway, and the windows are chamfered and mullioned.[4][8]
The cottage is timber framed and rendered with a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and later flanking one-storey lean-tos. On the front is a gabled porch, the windows are casements, and there are two gabled eavesdormers.[9]
The cottage was altered and extended in the 20th century. It is in renderedtimber framing and stone, and has a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and the original part has two bays. The doorway has a timber porch with a hipped roof, there is a cantedbay window, and gabledeavesdormers, and the windows are casements with diamond leading.[10]
Probably originally one house, it was altered and extended in the 19th century, and has been divided into two dwellings. It is partly timber framed with brick nogging on a brick plinth, and partly in brick with some rendering, and has a tile roof. The house consists of a hall range of four bays, and a two-bay cross-wing; part has two storeys, and the other part has one storey and an attic. The windows are casements and there are two gabled half-dormers. The doorway has a gabled porch, a dentileavescornice, and a round archway.[11]
The cottage was extended and altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The original part is timber framed with brick nogging on a brick and sandstoneplinth, the extensions are in brick with applied timber framing, and the roof is tiled. There is one storey with an attic, the original part has two bays, and there is a single-storey 20th-century extension recessed to the right that is cantilevered over the Cound Brook. Most of the windows are casements, and there are gabledeavesdormers.[12]
The farmhouse was extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The original part is timber framed with brick nogging on a stone plinth, and partly rebuilt and extended in brick, some of it rendered, and with roofs in tile and sandstone slate. There is one storey and attics, and it has an L-shaped plan plus additions. The windows are casements, and there are gabledeavesdormers.[13]
The house was extended and altered in the 19th century. The original part is timber framed, and has been partly encased and extended in brick painted to resemble timber framing. The roofs are tiled, and the house has a U-shaped plan, consisting of the original hall range, with one storey and an attic, and a dentileavescornice, and gabled cross-wings projecting to the northwest. The windows are casements, and in the hall range is a gable eavesdormer.[14]
The terrace retaining wall was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is in red brick with a sandstonecoping, and has an L-shaped plan. The wall is about 40 metres (130 ft) long and 5 metres (16 ft) high. There is a central flight of 16 steps with a coped parapet, and buttresses.[4][15]
The farm buildings, originally four barns, were altered in the 19th century. They are timber framed with red brick nogging and weatherboarding, on a plinth of sandstone and brick. They were partly rebuilt in grey sandstone and brick, and have tile roofs. There is one storey and lofts, and the buildings are in a U-shaped plan forming three sides of a courtyard. They contain various openings, and have an external flight of ten steps, and a triangular wooden dovecote on a gable end.[17]
The shed is in red brick on a sandstoneplinth, with one storey, and has a stone-slate roof with stone copedparapetedgable ends, and a weathervane. The wall to the north is in red brick on a stone plinth, and is about 25 metres (82 ft) long and between 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 3 metres (9.8 ft) high.[18]
The house was altered and extended in the 20th century. The original part is timber framed with brick nogging on a sandstoneplinth, the southeast gable end has been rebuilt with concrete block infill, the extensions are in brick with applied timber framing, and the roof is tiled. There are two storeys, an L-shaped plan, two original bays on the front, a gable off-centre to the left, a garage door on the left, and the windows are casements.[19]
A manor house, later a farmhouse, it has a timber framed core, encased and extended in brick with sandstone dressings, and a tile roof. The house has a U-shaped plan consisting of a three-storey central range, and two cross-wings with two storeys and attics, and there is a kitchen block at the southeast corner. The left cross-wing is dated 1688, and the right cross-wing dates from the 18th century. The porch has unflutedRoman Doric columns, reeded impost blocks with dentilcornices, and an open triangular pediment with an arched tympanum. The windows are mixed; some are casements, others are sashes, and there are flat-roofed dormers.[20][21]
A pair of timber framed cottages with brick nogging on a sandstoneplinth and with a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, a basement at the northwest, a 20th-century flat-roofed extension on the right, and 20th-century extension to the rear of the left cottage. The windows are casements, and there are three gabledeavesdormers.[22]
The cottage has been altered and extended. It is timber framed with brick nogging on a brick plinth, some rebuilding and extensions in brick, and a concrete tile roof with a stepped parapetedgable to the left. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and a single-storey lean-to on the left. The central brick porch has a round arch, the windows are casements, and there are gabledeavesdormers.[23]
The stables and coach house, later used for other purposes, were refaced in the 18th century, and partly rebuilt and extended in the 19th century. The original part is timber framed, refaced, rebuilt and extended in brick and sandstone, and roofed in slate and stone-slate, hipped to the north. There are two storeys and an attic, and the building contains seven segmental-headed blind arches, doorways, casement windows, gableddormers, loft doors, and an external flight of 13 steps.[24]
The wall encloses the garden on the north, east and west sides, and was partly rebuilt in the 20th century. It is in red brick with red sandstone dressings and round stone coping. The wall is about 100 metres (330 ft) long and 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high. It contains a square end pier with a pyramidal stone cap, two square gate piers, one with a lozenge-decorated cap and a globe finial, and the other with an ovoid finial. The gate is in wrought iron.[25]
The cottage was altered and expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built in sandstone, partly rebuilt in brick, and has a timber framedgable end with brick nogging, and a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, three bays, and a later lean-to on the left. On the front is a lean-to sandstone porch, the windows are casements with segmental heads, and on the roof is a weathervane.[27]
The house was extended and altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. The original part is timber framed with brick nogging on a sandstoneplinth, the rebuilding and extensions are in red brick, and the roof is partly tiled, and partly hipped in slate. The front has one storey, a basement and an attic, and at the rear are two storeys. The house has an H-shaped plan, with a hall range of two or three bays, projecting cross-wings, and a later extension to the southeast. Most of the windows are casements, and there are dormers, some gabled, and some with flat roofs.[28]
The cottage, later used for other purposes, is timber framed with brick noging and a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, and two bays. The cottage has a door and a loft door.[29]
The farm buildings are timber framed with red brick nogging and weatherboarding on a grey sandstoneplinth and have tile roofs. They have one storey and lofts, and consist of a four bay barn, and a range of cow sheds and a cart house at right angles. They contain doorways, casement windows, a loft door, and external steps leading up to the loft.[30]
The cottage is timber framed with a tile roof. It has one storey and an attic, two bays, and a 20th-century single-storey brick extension recessed to the left. On the front is a gabled wooden porch, the windows are casements, and there are two gabled dormers.[31]
The farmhouse incorporates material from an earlier timber framed house, later encased and extended in red brick, and with machine tile roofs. It has two storeys, a U-shaped plan, and a dentileavescornice. The oldest part is the central range, with two gabled cross-wings, the 1701 wing to the northeast, and the southwest wing added in the 19th century. The gable ends of the 1701 range are parapeted, and contain the ledges of a former dovecote, a sundial, and a datestone. Most of the windows are casement windows with segmental heads.[32][33]
The dovecote is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. It is in red brick with grey sandstone dressings, a dentileavescornice, and a pyramidal tile roof. The dovecote has an octagonal plan, two storeys, and an octagonal glover with shaped openings and a lead cap. In the south front is a round-arched doorway with impost blocks, and above it is a segmental-headed doorway, both with triple keystones.[37][38]
A house, later a public house, in brick on a stone plinth, with chamferedquoins, a dentilledeavescornice, and tile roofs. It has two storeys and attics, and a U-shaped plan plus extensions. The north front has three bays and a central doorway with pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a radial fanlight. The south front has five bays, a central gable and projecting gabled wings. Most of the windows are casements, there are some sash windows, and three gabled eavesdormers.[39]
The dovecote is in red brick with grey sandstone dressings, a dentileavescornice, and a pyramidal tile roof. It has a hexagonal plan, two storeys, and a wooden hexagonal glover with shaped openings and a lead cap with a spiked finial. There is a circular loft opening, square windows and two segmental-headed doorways.[4][40]
The cross base is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, and may have earlier origins. It is in sandstone, and consists of four circular steps with mouldednosings. On the top is a square socket.[41]
The granary was added to the west in the 19th century. The building is in red brick with a concrete tile roof. There is one storey and a loft, a weathervane, windows and doorways with segmental heads, an external staircase, a gabled half-dormer, and hoist lift door.[42]
The terrace retaining wall is in brick and has a U-shaped plan. It is about 35 metres (115 ft) long and 3 metres (9.8 ft) high, and has buttresses.[4][43]
The garden wall was partly rebuilt to the north in the 19th century. It is about 15 metres (49 ft) long, and between 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high.[44]
The milestone is set into a sandstone wall. It is in sandstone with a segmental top, and is inscribed with the distance in miles from "Salop" (Shrewsbury).[45]
The milestone is set into a low stone wall. It is in grey sandstone with a segmental top, and is inscribed with the distance in miles from "Salop" (Shrewsbury).[46]
The memorial is in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, and is to the memory of Sir John Colt. It is a chest tomb in grey sandstone, and has a reeded plinth, side panels and raised oval end panels with flanking reeded pilaster strips, a mouldedcornice, and a flat top.[49]
The farmhouse is in sandstone with a hippedslate roof. There are three storeys, and a square plan with sides of three bays. The central door has a segmental head and a keystone. This is flanked by cantedbay windows, and the other windows are casements. Above the central upper floor window is a datestone. To the left is a recessed extension with two storeys and one bay.[51]
The cowhouses are in red brick on a sandstoneplinth with tile roofs. They have two ranges forming an L-shaped plan, and have one storey and a loft. They contain doorways and casement windows with segmental heads, gabledeavesdormers, and narrow vents.[54]
The pump is in cast iron, and has a plain shaft with moulded rings, a plain spout, and a curved handle. The trough is rectangular and in grey sandstone.[56]
The pump is in cast iron, and is a crankshaft driving pump set vertically beneath a large flywheel and two handles. It has an inscribed cast iron plate, and is enclosed on three sides by a grey sandstone wall.[57]
The war memorial stands in a triangular site at a road junction, and was designed by George Jack with sculpture by Laurence A. Turner. It is in limestone, and consists of a Calvary on an octagonal column. This stands on a stepped base with inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[58]
