Burford House and Garden Wall Attached to the South East is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A N/A House.
Burford House and Garden Wall Attached to the South East
- WRENN ID
- far-corner-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Period
- N/A
- OS grid reference
- SO 582 679
- Coordinates
- 52.30828, -2.61429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burford House, built in the early to mid 18th century, is reputed to have been constructed in 1728 for William Bowles, a Member of Parliament and owner of the Vauxhall glass works. The house was restored and altered around 1954 for John Treasure. It features red brick with brick storey bands and a brick parapet, topped with a plain-tile roof that has brick coped parapets and gables. The building has brick integral gable-end stacks along with lateral and axial stacks, and follows a double-pile plan with a rear parallel extension.
The north front displays a three-storey façade with a six-window range, featuring tall 9/9 sash windows on the ground and first floors, and 6/6 sash windows on the second floor, all with gauged brick lintels. An early 19th-century central projecting porch showcases Doric columns and an open pediment. The front door is set within panelled reveals and consists of a pair of glazed panelled doors topped with a fanlight featuring radial glazing bars.
Although later brick wings on the east and west sides have been demolished, the east side now has 20th-century multi-pane casements on the ground and first floors. The west side includes a 20th-century first-floor sash window and ground-floor French windows flanked by casements, with a terrace formed from the demolished wing, incorporating stone from the base of a medieval chimney.
At the rear, there is a three-storey, five-window range of 6/6 sashes with gauged brick lintels, and a central restored projecting porch that mirrors the front porch, featuring a glazed door and fanlight with festoon and radial glazing bars.
Inside, the house contains notable panelling in the ground-floor rooms. The entrance hall features complete wall panelling, moulded cornices, six-panelled doors, and an elliptical arched panelled arcade.
Additionally, there is a garden wall made of brick, approximately 3 metres high with weathered coping, extending from the south-east corner of Burford House approximately 80 metres to the east and then 40 metres to the south.
Local climate
Burford House and Garden Wall Attached to the South East receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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