The Village Pound is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 2004. Cattle pound.
The Village Pound
- WRENN ID
- haunted-cupola-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 2004
- Type
- Cattle pound
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16/08/2017
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STOKE UPON TERN OLLERTON The Village Pound
23-JUL-04
II Village Cattle Pound. Late C18 or early C19. Coursed, squared sandstone blocks. Rectangular enclosure with walls of c.5 feet and a gateway to the centre of one side. The blocks of stone are large and this implies that a greater degree of permanence was required from the enclosure than from the rubble stone walling which flanks it. The gate is missing.
The pound was designed to hold cattle which had strayed from common land or onto neighbouring farmland until their owners came to claim them. Pounds were generally owned by the parish and a fine was usually charged to the owner upon retrieval of their animals.
This pound, near the centre of Ollerton is a good example of this relatively rare type of village building.
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