Assembly Rooms and Railings and Gatepier to South West
ASSEMBLY ROOMS AND RAILINGS AND GATEPIER TO SOUTH WEST, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383455
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Assembly Rooms and Railings and Gatepier to South West
- Statutory Address:
- ASSEMBLY ROOMS AND RAILINGS AND GATEPIER TO SOUTH WEST, CHURCH STREET
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:
- 2005-07-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/14537/26
- Rights:
- © Helmut Schulenburg. 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:
- 1383455
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Assembly Rooms and Railings and Gatepier to South West
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASSEMBLY ROOMS AND RAILINGS AND GATEPIER TO SOUTH WEST, CHURCH STREET
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:
- ASSEMBLY ROOMS AND RAILINGS AND GATEPIER TO SOUTH WEST, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cleobury Mortimer
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 67370 75766
Details
CLEOBURY MORTIMER
SO6775 CHURCH STREET
582-1/13/49 (North side)
15/03/74 Assembly Rooms and railings and
gatepier to south-west
GV II
Market hall, then assembly rooms with first-floor reading
room, now civic hall. Dated 1842, remodelled and upper floor
added 1875. Ashlar, with weathered string course, and
hoodmoulds and sills to south and west sides and coursed stone
rubble to rear. Blue engineering brick at rear extension.
Slate roof with late C19 decorative bargeboards and fascia.
Simple 2-room plan with gable to street, and rear
end-extension.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. South gable with tripartite 1/1:2/2:1/1
first-floor sash under hoodmould. Ground-floor c1875 wood
mullion and transom window with multi-pane lights set in
4-centred arched opening with chamfered reveals, and hoodmould
with defaced label stops. Dated crest plaque in gable.
Memorial plaque to Cleobury Volunteers, c1900, to left.
West return side: 2-storey, 4-window range, with outer bays
narrower,
fitted with 2/2 sashes under hoodmoulds to first floor, and 3
ground-floor windows similar to front gable. 4-centred
entrance arch to right with inset iron grill giving into
lobby.
Rear: covered by stone lean-to and late C19 2-storey tiled
gabled extension of engineering brick and coursed rubble,
formerly used to house the town's fire tender.
Gatepier of sandstone ashlar with octagonal shaft, chamfered
plinth and pyramid cap with cornice, attached to assembly
rooms by a 2 metre length of spear-head iron railings.
Gatepier one of a pair at west end of churchyard wall (qv).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SO6737175764
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483873
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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 19-Jun-2026 at 10:04:19.
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.