Keepers Lodge

Keepers Lodge, also known as Sham Castle, is a prospect tower built between 1779 and 1780 by Samuel Scoltock. The building is constructed with cement rendered over red brick on a rubble plinth and features a flat roof. It has a triangular plan with circular corner towers and is designed in the Gothick style. The structure stands two storeys high and is topped with a stone-coped battlemented parapet, along with two brick stacks on the south-west tower.

The north-west front has three windows, with square ground floor windows featuring flat arches. The first-floor windows are arched and have Y-tracery, hoodmoulds with moulded stops, and decorative detailing.

Inside, the first-floor room showcases enriched plaster wall decorations that include swags, drops, roundels with wreaths and trophies, oval plaques with decorative surrounds, and a cornice featuring shell decoration. The flat ceiling retains some plaster that shows evidence of former decoration, and the window architraves are also moulded. The south-east tower once housed a staircase, which is said to have been removed shortly after World War II, leaving a dado rail that marks its former position on the wall. A late 18th-century fireplace that was originally in the first-floor room is now reported to be in a house in the village.

Samuel Scoltock, who lived from around 1739 to 1819, was a bricklayer by trade and co-designed Millington's Hospital in Shrewsbury with Edward Massey. He is buried in Shrewsbury Abbey.