Terraces, retaining walls and steps to west, south and east of Homme Castle Farm

Homme Castle Farm, Shelsley Walsh, Worcester, WR6 6RR

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1349297
Date first listed:
21-Sept-1984
Statutory Address:
Homme Castle Farm, Shelsley Walsh, Worcester, WR6 6RR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1349297
Date first listed:
21-Sept-1984
Statutory Address 1:
Homme Castle Farm, Shelsley Walsh, Worcester, WR6 6RR

Location

Statutory Address:
Homme Castle Farm, Shelsley Walsh, Worcester, WR6 6RR

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Worcestershire
District:
Malvern Hills (District Authority)
Parish:
Clifton upon Teme
National Grid Reference:
SO 73458 61769

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/09/2020

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SHELSLEY WALSH
HOMME CASTLE FARM
Terraces, retaining walls and steps to west, south and east of Homme Castle Farm

(Formerly listed as Terraces, retaining walls and steps to west, south and east of Hamcastle Farmhouse, CLIFTON UPON TEME)

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Terraces with retaining walls. Probably C17 in origin, remodelled mid C19. Rubble with brick repairs and buttresses. South wall about 65 metres long and impressively high with secondary terrace below (also included); returned 40 metres to west in rubble with a rebuilt pyramidally roofed pavilion (also included) at the midpoint; returned about 35 metres to east in brick with secondary terrace and a large T-plan flight of steps (also included) down to lawn at the north end.

The farmhouse (not included) was rebuilt after a fire in 1887. The motte and bailey castle about 200 metres to the north is a scheduled ancient monument

Listing NGR: SO7345861769

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Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1924), 246-7

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Ordnance survey map of Terraces, retaining walls and steps to west, south and east of Homme Castle Farm

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