Description

SJ 70 NE
6/40

TONG C.P.
NEWPORT ROAD
(West side)

Remains of Tong Castle at NGR SJ 7916 0696.

II

Castle, remains of. C14 to circa 1765. Sandstone and red brick on
natural rock. Fragmentary remains of stables and outbuildings including
barrel vaulted cellars and part of newel staircase. The site is now
divided into two, and largely obscured, by the M54 Motorway (qv. Remains
of Tong Castle at NGR SJ 7916 0693). George Durant the elder (d.1780)
demolished most of Sir Harry Vernon's circa 1500 castle in 1764 and
replaced it with 'Capability' Brown's Gothick Castle in 1765, which was,
in turn demolished in 1954. Recently excavated by the Shropshire Archaeological
Society with report to follow (qv. Convent Lodge, wall with pulpit
approximately 10 metres to East of Convent Lodge, The Old Post Office,
former North gates and flanking walls). N. Pevsner, B.O.E. Shropshire,
p.304; G. Griffith, History of Tong and Boscobel, 1894, pp. 89-92 and
pp.154-61; D. H. Robinson, The Wandering Worfe, Waine Research Publications,
1980, pp. 56-9.

Listing NGR: SJ7924606936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471146

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living