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Grinshill
Grinshill is a small village, and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. The parish is one of the smallest in the district. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 274. Grinshill Hill rises above the village to above sea level. Grinshill is near (east) to the village of Clive. The A49 runs just further to the east of the village. Stone has been quarried at Grinshill since at least the twelfth century. Grinshill stone is a Triassic sandstone that was described by the Pevsner Architectural Guides as the "pre-eminent" building stone of Shropshire, and has been used in buildings as varied as Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury railway station and Welsh Bridge. Most notably, Grinshill stone has been used to make the lintels and door surround of Number 10 Downing Street and in the building of Chequers. The village church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Grinshill
Grinshill is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 20 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Grinshill and the surrounding countryside. To the north of the village is a former quarry that produced sandstone described as "the finest building stone in Shropshire". This is used in the construction of many of the buildings in the village and elsewhere in the county. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, and the other listed buildings consist of a church, and items in and around the churchyard, __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grinshill Lists of buildings and structures in Shropshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
