Baschurch is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, England. It contains 54
listed buildings
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, a ...
. Of these, four are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the scattered villages and smaller communities of Baschurch,
Walford
Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. It is the primary setting for the soap. ''EastEnders'' is filmed at Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, towards the north-west of London. Much of the location work ...
,
Yeaton
Yeaton is a small village in Shropshire, England.
It is situated in the parish of Baschurch. The River Perry
The River Perry is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises near Oswestry and flows south to meet the River Severn above Shrewsbur ...
,
Weston Lullingfields, Westoncommon,
Petton, Stanwardine in the Fields, and Stanwardine in the Wood, and is otherwise rural.
Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of them are
timber framed
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
and date from the 17th century or before. There are some larger houses that are listed, together with associated structures in their grounds. Two churches are listed, with items in the churchyards, and other listed buildings include two bridges, a former
toll house
A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road, canal, or toll bridge.
History
Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th an ...
, a coffin-rest, a former pump house, and a milepost. The
Shrewsbury to Chester railway line passes through the parish, and the listed buildings associated with this are a station, a crossing-keeper's cottage, and a signal box.
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Lists of buildings and structures in Shropshire