Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 14 Metres To North-East Of Loton Park is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. Retaining wall.
Terrace Retaining Wall Approximately 14 Metres To North-East Of Loton Park
- WRENN ID
- stranded-bronze-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SJ 3514 ALBERBURY WITH ALBERBURY CARDESTON C.P. 12/24 Terrace retaining wall - approx. 14 metres to north-east of Loton Park
GV II
Terrace retaining wall. Dated 1835, probably by Thomas Jones of Chester. Uncoursed red sandstone rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings and parapet. Shallow U-plan; approximately 80 metres long, returning to south-west at each end. Parapet with chamfered plinth (forming string course to north-east), chamfered coping, 2 sections with square-section balusters, and ramped up to centre at south-east end; square piers with urns; chamfered depressed arch at south-east end leading to barrel-vaulted tunnel beneath terrace (keystone dated 1835 and brick in tunnel dated 1842). Thomas Jones carried out alterations at Loton Park (qv) in c.1830 and c.1838 and was probably responsible for the terrace, in front of the c.1711 north-east front.
Listing NGR: SJ3567414768
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