Rockery In English Bridge Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1969. Rockery.

Rockery In English Bridge Garden

WRENN ID: bitter-mantel-frost
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 May 1969
Type: Rockery
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SHREWSBURY

SJ4912SE ABBEY FOREGATE 653-1/16/61 (North side) 30/05/69 Rockery in English Bridge Garden (Formerly Listed as: ABBEY FOREGATE (North side) Rowley's Porch and fragments of masonry in Abbey Gardens)

GV II

Rockery. Assembled probably in the late C19 from early C19 or earlier fragments. Stone. The rockery is built against a slope and comprises of fragments of sculpture in the antique style, including a figure of Justice as a centrepiece flanked by fasces, ears of wheat, cornucopia and the Salop arms. The upper level of the rockery incorporates a massive sculpted head and a medallion. HISTORICAL NOTE: the house of John Carline, a sculptor was near this site and it is likely that the fragments were assembled, or carved, by him in the early C19.

Listing NGR: SJ4962612404

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