Great Dawley is a civil parish in the district of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It contains seven listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Dawley, and all the listed buildings are in the town and its suburb of Malinslee; these consist of two churches, shops, a house, a public house and a memorial in the form of a drinking fountain.
Key
edit| Grade | Criteria[1] |
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| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
edit| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| St Leonard's Church 52°40′11″N 2°27′41″W / 52.66985°N 2.46133°W |
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1804–05 | The church, which was designed by Thomas Telford, is built in sandstone with a hipped slate roof. It has an elongated octagonal external plan, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, the ground floor is rusticated, it contains clock faces, and has a parapet. The body of the church has two storeys with round-arched windows in the upper storeys and windows with flat heads below.[2][3] | II* |
| 11, 11A and 15 Burton Street 52°39′52″N 2°28′12″W / 52.66448°N 2.47010°W |
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Early 19th century | A pair of brick shops with a slate roof, three storeys and four bays. In the ground floor are 19th-century shop fronts with pilasters and entablatures, and between them is a round-arched passageway. In the middle floor of No. 11 are modern casement windows, and the other windows are sashes with rusticated lintels.[4] | II |
| Elephant and Castle Public House 52°39′52″N 2°28′11″W / 52.66437°N 2.46986°W |
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Early 19th century | Th public house is in brick with a tile roof, two storeys and three bays, the centre and the corners projecting forward. The windows in the upper floor are sashes with rusticated lintels, and in the ground floor they are modern replacements. The central doorway has pilasters and an entablature.[5] | II |
| Prospect House 52°39′51″N 2°28′41″W / 52.66420°N 2.47805°W |
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Early 19th century | A brick house with a tile roof that has a parapet and moulded stone coping. The central doorway has a rectangular fanlight and a pediment on brackets. There is a bay window with a tented roof, and the other windows are sashes with slightly arched lintels and keyblocks.[6] | II |
| 16 and 17 Burton Street 52°39′52″N 2°28′12″W / 52.66443°N 2.46994°W |
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Early to mid 19th century | A pair of brick shops with a slate roof, two storeys and four bays. In the ground floor is a 19th-century shop front with pilasters and an entablature. The upper floor contains one blind window and three sash windows, all with panelled lintels.[7] | II |
| Holy Trinity Church 52°39′19″N 2°27′50″W / 52.65516°N 2.46379°W |
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1844–45 | The church, which is in Perpendicular style, is built in sandstone. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south baptistry, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses and an embattled parapet with pinnacles. There are also embattled parapets along the aisles.[8][9] | II |
| Memorial to Captain Webb 52°39′49″N 2°28′01″W / 52.66358°N 2.46684°W |
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1909 | The memorial to Captain Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel unaided, is in the form of a drinking fountain, and stands near a road junction. It is in stone and has a plinth, bowls with lions' heads fountains, panelled sides, and pedimented gables. It carries medallions and inscriptions, and on the top is a modern lamp.[8][10] | II |
References
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editSources
edit- Historic England, "Church of St Leonard, Great Dawley (1367391)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Nos. 11, 11A and 15 Burton Street, Great Dawley (1367384)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Elephant and Castle Public House, Great Dawley (1054166)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Prospect House, Great Dawley (1054167)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Nos. 16 and 17 Burton Street, Great Dawley (1206662)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Holy Trinity Church, Great Dawley (1367385)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, "Monument to Captain Webb, Great Dawley (1206663)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 7 June 2018
- Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12083-4