Introduction
Charlton Hill is a brick house, dated to around 1660, which once had attached gardens. Although these gardens are now lost, a 10-metre section of brick garden wall remains standing, adjoining the east end of the house.
- Features & Designations
Features
- Garden Wall
- Description: The surviving section of brick garden wall is attached to the east end of the house, and stands about 10 metres long and 2 to 3 metres high. It runs to a gabled end at the west over a segmental-headed doorway.
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- House (featured building)
- Description: Charlton Hill is a typical brick house of the mid-17th century, with gables and dormers. The south porch of the house is gabled, with the entrance flanked by pilasters accentuated with brick ornament.
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Part: standing remains
- References
References
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006) The Buildings of England: Shropshire
- {List of Historic Buildings}, (Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury and Atcham District Council, 1986), pp. 79-80 List of Historic Buildings: Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough