English Heritage sites near Condover Parish
CANTLOP BRIDGE
2 miles from Condover Parish
Built in 1813, this innovative, single-span, cast-iron road bridge over the Cound Brook was possibly designed and certainly approved by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
3 miles from Condover Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
LANGLEY CHAPEL
4 miles from Condover Parish
A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
6 miles from Condover Parish
Wroxeter (or 'Viroconium' ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city.
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
8 miles from Condover Parish
Extensive remains of Augustinian abbey, including abbots' quarters, refectory & cloister. Chapter house frontage with 12th & 14th century carving & statuary, timber roof c.1500. Displays, picnic area.
WENLOCK PRIORY
9 miles from Condover Parish
Tranquil ruins in lovely setting. Re-founded by the Normans as a priory. Unusual washing fountain with 12th century carvings, extravagantly decorated chapter house, topiary-filled cloister garden.
Churches in Condover Parish
Condover: Ryton Chapel
Condover: St Andrew & St Mary
St Edward's, Dorrington - Steeplewood Fold
Church Road
Dorrington
Shrewsbury
(01743) 719578
A church built in the Early English style by the Hope-Edwards family of Netley Hall at the height of the mid-Victorian Anglo-Catholic renewal period (1845).
This is a period gem and seats approx. 200 people. The church is open during the day and warmly welcomes visitors.
The church is part of the Steeplewood Fold group of churches comprises six parishes - Stapleton, Dorrington, Longnor, Leebotwood, Smethcote and Woolstaston. The parishes have an approximate civil population of approximately 2000 and most lie to the west of the A49 trunk road between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton: approximately 5 miles distant from each.
To the West the parishes stretch up onto the Long Mynd Hills and there is ample opportunity for hill-walking, horse riding, off road biking, gliding and other pursuits. There are four good inns in the group at which refreshment may readily be found.
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St John the Baptist, Stapleton - Steeplewood Fold
Recorded in the Domesday Book this church was originally part of the medieval motte and bailey. The church dates from around 1200 A.D. and is of particular interest architecturally. At one period the local population was protected from the Welsh on the ground floor. At another the congregation worshipped on the 1st floor level which has since been removed.
The organ is listed among the top six hundred in the Country and there is a small tapestry piece in the nave said to have been worked by Mary Queen of Scots.
The church is part of the Steeplewood Fold group of churches and comprises six parishes - Stapleton, Dorrington, Longnor, Leebotwood, Smethcote and Woolstaston. The parishes have an approximate civil population of approximately 2000 and most lie to the west of the A49 trunk road between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton: approximately 5 miles distant from each.
Pubs in Condover Parish
Bridge Inn
Condover Social Club
Station Road, Condover, SY5 7AA
(01743) 872763
condoverclub.co.uk
Dorrington's Horseshoes
Main Road, Dorrington, SY5 7JD
(01743) 718305
dorringtonshorseshoes.co.uk/
Fox Inn
Shrewsbury Golf Club
Grange Lane, Condover, SY5 7BL
(01743) 872977
shrewsburygolfclub.co.uk/