Craven Arms was a small settlement before the arrival of the railways in 1852, and has since developed into a market town.[1] The most important buildings in the parish are Stokesay Castle, its gatehouse, and the nearby church, which are listed at Grade I. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of which are timber framed. The remaining listed buildings include another church, tombs, memorials and gates in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, a hotel and associated building, a weir and associated structures, a milestone, a former toll house, and two war memorials, one in the form of a lych gate.
The church was restored in 1848, and again in 1887 by Thomas Nicholson when the chancel was added, and the west wall was rebuilt. It is built in sandstone with a tile roof, and consists of a nave, a south gabled porch, and a chancel, and on the west gable is a twin bellcote. The nave and the doorway, which has a carved hood mould, are Norman in style, most of the windows are lancets, and in the chancel are two-light Decorated windows.[5][6]
The farmhouse was altered and extended in the 19th century. The original part is stuccoed over a timber framed core, and the extension is in rendered brick. The roof is in Welsh slate, and there are two storeys and a cellar. The eaves have scalloped bargeboards, there is a cantedbay window, most of the windows are casements, and some are sashes. Inside is exposed timber framing.[12]
A timber framed house divided into two dwellings, with plaster infill and a stone-tile roof. It consists of a main block with a gable towards the road and a rear wing, with two storeys and an attic, and a wing to the right with one storey and an attic. In the gable end is a mouldedbressumer on scrolled consoles. The wing contains a 20th-century bay window and a gabled dormer, and the other windows are casements.[13]
The house, which was extended in the 19th century, is timber framed with plaster infill and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and one bay, and it contains a casement window. The extensions, which are in brick and stone, form a T-shaped plan.[15]
A timber framed house with plaster infill and a corrugated iron roof. It has one storey and an attic, and a lean-to on the right. In the ground floor is a mullioned and transomed window, above is a two-light casement window, and in the gable is a four-light casement window.[16]
A timber framed house with plaster infill and a tile roof. There is one storey and an attic, two bays, and a brick lean-to on the left. Above the door is a simple hood, the windows are casements, and there are two gableddormers.[17]
The chest tomb is in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church. It is in sandstone and is richly carved with a sunburst and a cherub. The tomb is surmounted by an urn.[19]
The structure is on the River Teme, and was extended in 1822 by Thomas Telford. It is in stone, and consists of a weir in the form of an elongated crescent directing water into a culvert on the western side. On the eastern side is a double sluice with a single surviving cast ironrack and pinion gate. There are retaining walls on both sides of the weir.[20]
The milestone stands by a roundabout at a road junction. It is in sandstone, and consists of an obelisk about 6 metres (20 ft) high. Inscribed on it are the distance to 36 towns and cities.[21]
The former stables have a rectangular plan and consist of a central three-storey block in brick, flanked by two-storey wings in stone. There is a central carriage entrance with a segmental head, and at the top of the central block is a stone pedimentedgable with a renderedtympanum. In the wings are blocked openings with segmental heads, and casement windows. Attached to the northeast is a brick wall about 4 metres (13 ft) high and 30 metres (98 ft) long.[1][23]
The monument is in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, and is to the memory of members of the Morris family. It is ornate, on a stone plinth, it has Classical motifs, and is surmounted by an urn.[24]
The vicarage, later a private house, is stuccoed and has a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and rear wings. The central doorway has a fanlight and an open pediment hood on pilasters, and the windows are sashes.[25]
A toll house, later a private house, it is roughcast with quoins, and has a tile roof with a gable facing the road. There is a single storey and an attic, and a rear wing. In the centre is a gabled porch with side windows, the other windows are casements, and there is an inscribed tablet.[26]
The gates are at the entrance to the churchyard. They are ornate, and in wrought and cast iron. The gate piers are in sandstone, and are tapering, with caps.[27]
The war memorial is in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, having been moved here from Craven Arms. It is in sandstone and consists of the statue of an infantryman on a stepped plinth. Inscribed on the plinth are the names of those lost in the two World Wars.[28]
The lych gate was built as a war memorial following the First World War, and stands at the entrance to the churchyard of St Thomas' Church, Halford. It consists of two stone walls with a timber superstructure and a gabled roof. The gables have cusped and chamferedbargeboards, and there are gates at the eastern end. There are inscriptions on the tie beams, an inscribed panel on the southern side, and a plaque on the northern side with the names of those lost.[29]