The Terrace With Water Tower And Retaining Wall Adjoining To South

The Terrace with Water Tower and Retaining Wall is a house, water tower, and retaining wall located in Shifnal, dating from around 1835, with a mid-19th century addition on the left and a water tower at the rear. The building is constructed of red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings, rendered at the rear, and features a hipped slate roof. It stands three storeys high and has a plinth, deep eaves supported by paired brackets, and two ridge stacks along with an end stack on the left, all adorned with moulded stone cornices.

The facade has three bays with glazing bar sashes, rendered first floor lintels, and two ground floor flat-topped canted bays that have moulded cornices. There are two central half-glazed doors with small lower panels and a moulded architrave, leading to a sandstone ashlar porch supported by Ionic columns and pilasters, topped with a full entablature featuring a dentil cornice and blocking course. The right-hand end has two bays with a ground floor bow. The two-storey addition to the left is set back, has a rendered plat band, and features two stacks with moulded stone cornices. This addition has two bays with four-parted sashes and rendered lintels.

Inside, the property includes 17th century style panelling and a fireplace overmantel, along with a curved staircase that has square section balusters and a curved arched niche on the first floor. The water tower is built of red brick with brown brick and sandstone ashlar dressings, designed in a Tudor Gothic style with a square plan. It is two storeys tall and features a battlemented parapet with chamfered coping, blank quatrefoil panels on the first floor facing south and east, and foiled windows on the ground floor facing east and west, along with a four-centred arched window on the south side.

The retaining wall, built around the same time as the house, is approximately 15 metres long and 20 metres high, constructed of random rubble with a battlemented parapet.