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Policeman's Corner

A Grade II Listed Building in Richard's Castle (Shropshire), Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.349 / 52°20'56"N

Longitude: -2.7215 / 2°43'17"W

OS Eastings: 350947

OS Northings: 272569

OS Grid: SO509725

Mapcode National: GBR BK.T4PL

Mapcode Global: VH849.S723

Plus Code: 9C4V87XH+H9

Entry Name: Policeman's Corner

Listing Date: 15 March 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1383772

English Heritage Legacy ID: 484204

ID on this website: 101383772

Location: Overton, Shropshire, SY8

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Richard's Castle (Shropshire)

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Richards Castle

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Description



RICHARDS CASTLE

SO57SW Policeman's Corner
482-1/9/153
15/03/74

II

Toll house, now house. Early C19. Stone rubble with hipped and
gabled slate roofs. Octagonal plan with gabled wing to rear.
Brick ridge stack in wing to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Entrance front on west side in rear wing
with single multi-pane casement window with stone sill over
pentice roof covering single-storey lobby outshut adjacent to
diagonally-boarded door set in C20 porch surround. Right-hand
gable-end return: multi-pane casement window. Plain
bargeboards at verge. Octagonal section: 2-light multi-pane
casements on opposing faces with inset toll-charge tablet
located on third side. 3 2-light multi-pane casements, one at
ground floor under toll-charge tablet and others in opposing
diagonal faces, all with projecting painted stone hood on
bracket and stone sills. Vertically boarded shutters surviving
on one window.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
A remarkably unaltered example of a C19 toll house.


Listing NGR: SO5094772569

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