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
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 2004
- Type
- Cattle pound
- Address
- The Village Pound, Ollerton, Stoke Upon Tern
- OS grid reference
- SJ 649 251
- Coordinates
- 52.82252, -2.5212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Pound is a village cattle pound located in Stoke Upon Tern, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed, squared sandstone blocks, forming a rectangular enclosure with walls approximately 5 feet high and featuring a gateway at the center of one side. The size of the stone blocks indicates that this enclosure was intended to be more permanent than the rubble stone walling that surrounds it. The gate is currently missing.
This pound was used to hold cattle that had wandered from common land or into neighboring farmland until their owners could retrieve them. Pounds were typically owned by the parish, and a fine was often charged to the owner for reclaiming their animals. Located near the center of Ollerton, this pound is a notable example of this relatively rare type of village building.
Local climate
The Village Pound receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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