Listed buildings in Tasley

Summary

Tasley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] The parish, which is to the west of Bridgnorth, contains the small village of Tasley, some suburban housing on the edge of Bridgnorth, and is otherwise rural farmland and isolated farms. The listed buildings are a church, a house, and a former farmhouse converted into cottages.

Buildings edit

Name and location Photograph Date Notes
Former farmhouse at The Leasowes
52°32′05″N 2°26′56″W / 52.53484°N 2.44881°W / 52.53484; -2.44881 (Former farmhouse at The Leasowes)
17th century (probable) The farmhouse, later divided into two cottages, is timber framed with a tile roof. There are two storeys and an attic, three bays, and an added bay to the right with applied timber framing. The windows are casements.[2]
The Leasowes
52°32′07″N 2°26′58″W / 52.53533°N 2.44940°W / 52.53533; -2.44940 (The Leasowes)
Early 19th century A brick house with a hipped slate roof, two storeys, and three bays. The porch has Tuscan pillars, a stuccoed cornice, and elaborate voluted parapets. The windows are sashes with moulded lintels.[3]
Church of St Peter and St Paul
52°32′40″N 2°26′55″W / 52.54431°N 2.44869°W / 52.54431; -2.44869 (Church of St Peter and St Paul)
 
1840–41 The church is built in yellow brick with a slate roof, and is in Gothic style. It consists of a four-bay nave, and a single-bay chancel. At the west end is a gabled bellcote with two bells and a pierced roundel. The doorway is at the west end and has a pointed arch, and the windows are lancets. Inside are some fittings from an earlier church on the site.[4][5]

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  • Historic England, "Former Farm House at The Leasowes, Tasley (1367565)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 February 2019
  • Historic England, "The Leasowes, Tasley (1294006)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 February 2019
  • Historic England, "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tasley (1294012)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 February 2019
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 6 February 2019
  • Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12083-4