Selattyn and Gobowen
Selattyn and Gobowen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 4,016.
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*Listed buildings in Selattyn and Gobowen
Selattyn and Gobowen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It cont ...
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 ...
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 th ...
, England. It contains 31
listed buildings that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of
Gobowen
Gobowen is a village in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles north of Oswestry. The population according to the 2011 census was 3,270.
History
The village was previously called ''Bryn-y-Castell'' ("Hill of the Castle" in English) after the Norma ...
and
Selattyn
Selattyn ( Welsh: ''Sylatyn'') is the name of a village close to Oswestry in Shropshire, England, on the England–Wales border.
The village is near Offa's Dyke, which bounds the parish on the west. The parish includes the townships of Upper a ...
, and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farmhouses, and farm buildings, the earliest of which are
timber framed or have timber-framed cores. In the parish are two
country houses
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 ...
and a church, which are all listed, together with structures associated with them. The other listed buildings include a disused
limekiln
A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone ( calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is
: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2
This reaction can take pla ...
, two milestones, a lock-keeper's cottage, a railway station and an associated cottage, and a war memorial.
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Lists of buildings and structures in Shropshire