Listed buildings in Onibury explained
Onibury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 25 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Onibury and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farm houses and farm buildings, the earliest of which are timber framed. The oldest building is a church, which is listed together with items in the churchyard. In the parish are a country house and a mansion, both of which are listed, together with associated structures. The other listed buildings include a gazebo, a former railway station, a war memorial, and a telephone kiosk.
Key
Grade | Criteria |
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II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest | |
Buildings
|The farmhouse is
rendered with a tile roof. It has two storeys and an attic, a front range of three
bays and single-storey wings to the left and to the rear. On the front are two doorways, the windows are
casements, and there are two
gabled
dormers. The gable end is
timber framed.|align="center" ||-|Upper Walton Farmhouse
52.411°N -2.7857°W||align="center"||The farmhouse is in brick and stone, and has a tile roof. There are two storeys, and a T-shaped plan, with a three-
bay front and a rear wing. The doorway has a
fanlight, and the windows are
casements.|align="center" ||-|Gazebo, Wootton Farm
52.4009°N -2.7971°W||align="center"||The
gazebo is in brick on a stone basement, and has a square plan, and tiled pyramidal roof with a spike
finial. It contains double doors and
mullioned windows.|align="center" ||-|Onibury Farmhouse
52.4073°N -2.8021°W||align="center"||The farmhouse is in
sandstone with a
hipped Welsh
slate roof. There are two storeys, a front range of three
bays, a rear wing, and a wing to the left. The central doorway has a
fanlight and a simple hood, above which is a
cross-window, and the other windows are
casements, most of which are
mullioned and
transomed.|align="center" ||-|Barn northwest of Onibury Farmhouse
52.4076°N -2.8022°W||align="center"||The barn is in stone with some
timber framing with
weatherboarding in the upper storey, and it has a tile roof. The barn contains various entrances and openings.|align="center" ||-|Barn north-northwest of Onibury Farmhouse
52.4078°N -2.8026°W||align="center"||The barn is partly in stone, and partly
timber framed with
weatherboarding, and has a tile roof. There is one storey and a loft, and it contains a doorway with a
four-centred arched head, a loft opening, and three triangular ventilation holes.|align="center" ||-|Granary and store north of Onibury Farmhouse
52.4074°N -2.8017°W||align="center"||The farm buildings are in
sandstone and have
hipped tile roofs. They contain various entrances and openings.|align="center" ||-|
Ferney Hall, stables, wall and steps
52.3928°N -2.832°W||align="center"|1855–58|A
country house designed by
John Norton in
Jacobean style, and reconstructed by
Samuel Pountney Smith after a fire in 1875. It is in red brick with stone dressings,
slate roofs, and has two storeys and attics. In the entrance front is a three-storey tower containing a doorway with
Doric pilasters and a
frieze, above which is a bracketed
cornice, an open
belvedere with a
parapet, and an
ogee roof. The garden front has five
bays, two two-storey
canted bay windows, shaped
gables, and an
oriel window over the doorway. Attached is a stable range with a carriage arch, a clock tower, and a lantern with an ogee roof. Also attached is a wall with
niches, and steps and a gateway.|align="center" ||-|Ferney Lodge
52.395°N -2.8267°W||align="center"|1856–60|The lodge at the entrance to the drive to
Ferney Hall was designed by
John Norton in
Jacobean style. It is in red brick with stone dressings and has a
slate roof. There are two storeys and two
bays. The right bay has
quoins, a
canted bay window, and a shaped
gable. In the left bay is a three-arched
arcade with
rusticated columns and arches, above which is a half-
dormer and an
ogee gable.|align="center" ||-|
Onibury Station and platform rooms
52.4072°N -2.8039°W||align="center"||The station consists of a stationmaster's house and platform rooms to the right, later used for other purposes, and is in
sandstone with a Welsh
slate roof. The house has two storeys and contains a
canted bay window with a
cross-window above, and a
gable with
moulded and pierced
bargeboards and a pendant
finial. To the left is a lean-to porch that has a doorway with a
fanlight and a pierced
eaves-board. To the right is a single-storey wing with three cross-windows, a doorway with a
chamfered
lintel, and a gabled hood with moulded and pieced bargeboards, a pendant finial and a spike finial.|align="center" ||-|Stables, outbuildings and house,
Stokesay Court52.4032°N -2.8156°W||align="center"|1888|The buildings are in
sandstone with tile roofs, and form a complex courtyard plan. The front range has two storeys, and there is one storey at the rear. The entrance range has a central archway, over which is a clock turret, and to the left is a shaped
gable. The windows are
casements, some with
mullions and others also with
transoms. The house has an open porch with an
arcade and scrolled
pilasters. At the rear is a glass-roofed
portico.|align="center" ||-|
Stokesay Court52.4028°N -2.8179°W||align="center"|1889–95|A
mansion in
sandstone with a tile roof, it has two storeys and attics, and an E-shaped plan plus a wing to the rear on the right. The front has five
bays, the central bay containing an ornate porch with attached
Ionic columns, a
moulded arch with
keystones and a
cornice. Above it is an
oriel window with a moulded underhang, and over this is a shaped
gable. In the outer bays are two-storey
canted bay windows, over which are
parapets with openwork
balustrades and shaped gables. The windows are
mullioned and
transomed. At the rear is a
bellcote and a tower with an
embattled parapet.|align="center" ||-|Bridge on drive,
Stokesay Court52.4046°N -2.8113°W||align="center"||The bridge on the drive to the
mansion is in
sandstone. It consists of three arches with
keyblocks,
pilasters, a
moulded parapet, and pyramid
finials.|align="center" ||-|Gates, piers, wing walls and screens,
Stokesay Court52.4053°N -2.8059°W||align="center"||The central carriageway gates, outer pedestrian gates, and openwork
piers are in
wrought iron. Flanking these are stone piers with
moulded plinths,
cartouches, bands, and moulded
capitals with pyramid and ball
finials. Outside these are curved wing walls and wrought iron screens with ball finials.|align="center" ||-|Lodge and wall,
Stokesay Court52.4054°N -2.806°W||align="center"|1890|The lodge is in stone with a
slate roof, and is in
Jacobean style, with one storey. The front facing the road has an arch with a
fluted keyblock to the left, and two windows to the right over which is a
moulded cornice, a
coped parapet, and a shaped
gable with a ball
finial. The front facing the drive has a double arched porch, a
canted bay window, and a parapet with a similar gable. At the rear is a stone wall with coping.|align="center" ||-|War memorial
52.4077°N -2.8016°W||align="center"||The war memorial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church. It is
limestone, partly rough-hewn, and partly
ashlar. The memorial consists of a
Celtic cross with a shaft and a strongly tapering base. On the front is a panel with an inscription and the names of those lost in the First World War, and on the base are the names of those lost in the Second World War.|align="center" ||-||Telephone kiosk
52.4082°N -2.803°W||align="center"|1935|A K6 type telephone kiosk, designed by
Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in
cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.|align="center" ||-|