The Old Post Office
The Old Post Office, Newport Road, Tong, TF11 8PW
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307786
- Date first listed:
- 26-May-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Post Office
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Post Office, Newport Road, Tong, TF11 8PW
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-07-08
- Reference:
- IOE01/07683/06
- Rights:
- © Mrs Val Johns. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1307786
- Date first listed:
- 26-May-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Post Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Post Office, Newport Road, Tong, TF11 8PW
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Post Office, Newport Road, Tong, TF11 8PW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tong
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 79687 07384
Details
SJ 70 NE
6/32
TONG CP.
NEWPORT ROAD (north east side),
The Old Post Office
(formerly listed as The Post Office)
26/5/55
GV
II
Entrance Lodge, now house. Late C18 or early C19, re-built to south east circa 1946. Squared and coursed sandstone, red brick to south west with stone dressings and old tile roof. Gothick Lodge partly re-built circa 1946 in a Neo-Georgian style. One and a half and two storeys.
Plinth, string course, triangular pedimented gable end to front with raised brick cornice and verge, and two stacks to rear. 1:1:1 bay rhythm; centre bay projecting with small triangular pedimented gable end, and end bays curving outwards. Leaded casements; central first floor three-light window with arched centre light, and two-light ground floor windows flanking central three-light window with carved coat of arms above.
North west front: C20 glazed door to right with Gothick traceried fanlight, and C20 doorcase with reeded pilasters and open triangular pediment; two storey canted bay to left with string course and parapet. Courtyard to rear with battlemented wall.
This was formerly the North Lodge to Tong Castle (qv) and if the now largely demolished Gothic part was late C18 it was probably by 'Capability' Brown.
Included for group value (qv. North gates and gatepiers 30 metres to South-West).
Listing NGR: SJ7968707384
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 255321
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Robinson, D H, The Wandering Worfe, (1980)
Griffith, G, History of Tong and Boscobel, (1894), 154-161
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Shropshire, (1958), 304
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 16:53:35.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.