Listed Buildings In Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 23 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the small town of Craven Arms, the hamlets of Halford, Shropshire, Halford and Stokesay, and the surrounding countryside. Craven Arms was a small settlement before the arrival of the railways in 1852, and has since developed into a market town. The most important buildings in the parish are Stokesay Castle, its gatehouse, and the nearby church, which are listed at Grade I. Most of the other listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of which are timber framed. The remaining listed buildings include another church, tombs, memorials and gates in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, a hotel and associate ...
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Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway line joins the Welsh Marches line at Craven Arms and the town is served by Craven Arms railway station. The town is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market town for the surrounding rural area, with a number of shops, banks, estate agents, a supermarket, an abattoir and many commercial/light industrial businesses. It is also a visitor destination, being home or nearby to a number of attractions, and being central for visitors to the area of outstanding natural beauty. It describes itself as the "Gateway to the Marches". History Craven Arms is a relatively new town (for Shropshire), being only a small village call ...
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