Diddlebury Diddlebury is a small village and large civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Corvedale on the B4368 road about north east of Craven Arms. The population of the Civil Ward in 2011 was 670. Public buildings St Peter's parish ...

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 authority ...

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 th ...

, England. It contains 40

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that are recorded in the

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. Of these, three are 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 Diddlebury and smaller settlements including

Bouldon Bouldon is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of Diddlebury. The hamlet comprises approximately 14 houses, a number of agricultural buildings and a public house named the "Tally Ho". It is by road northeast of the mar ...

Corfton Corfton is a small village in Shropshire, England, located east of Craven Arms and north of Ludlow, the two nearest towns. There is a pub, with its own small brewery (the Corvedale Brewery), called ''The Sun Inn''. It is named after the near ...

, and

Peaton Peaton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Diddlebury in Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Corvedale, between Diddlebury and Bouldon. The Pye Brook flows past the hamlet, with Peaton Bridge taking the Bouldon-Diddlebury lane across it. T ...

, and is almost entirely rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of which are basically

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 ...

. The other listed buildings include a church with

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origins, a

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

developed from a

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

castle, a former

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, a

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country house and associated structures, a corn mill converted into a house, and a war memorial. __NOTOC__

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