The Iron House
THE IRON HOUSE, STOCKHALL LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383556
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Iron House
- Statutory Address:
- THE IRON HOUSE, STOCKHALL LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1383556
- Date first listed:
- 24-May-1993
- List Entry Name:
- The Iron House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE IRON HOUSE, STOCKHALL LANE
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 IRON HOUSE, STOCKHALL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hopton Wafers
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 63782 76603
Details
HOPTON WAFERS
SO6376 STOCKHALL LANE
582-1/10/146 The Iron House
24/05/93
II
House, probably originally used as a weighing office for iron
ore. Early C19, extended late C20. Coursed sandstone
south-east and south-west walls; sandstone rubble north-east
wall; red brick window arches and sills. Plain-tile roof with
gabled ends. Brick axial stack.
PLAN: 2-room with lobby entrance in front of axial stack which
heats large left-hand room only; the small right-hand room is
unheated. The front entrance lobby is now blocked and there is
a doorway in the left-hand end wall leading to a straight
staircase at the back of the left room. Large late C20
extension built at rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 2-window south-east
front. Small 2-light casements, first-floor right blocked.
Blocked doorway at centre with brick segmental arch. Similar
windows in gable ends, ground-floor right end original, on
left (south-west) end an old plank door and later gabled
porch. Large C20 concrete extension covering whole of rear
elevation.
INTERIOR: large left room has brick fireplace with slightly
cambered timber lintel and joists exposed in late C20. The
most important feature of the house is the remarkable iron
roof constructed by Thomas Botfield (of the family of
Shropshire ironmasters) who bought the manor of Hopton Wafers
and registered a patent (No.3264) for `Iron Roofs for Houses'
on 26 July 1809. The roof is probably a prototype,
semicircular or barrel shaped with rounded ends, set on the
wall plates and made of iron plates riveted together by 3
different methods, overlapping or with upturned or downturned
flanges as described in the patent. Above this iron vault is a
conventional rafter and tile-clad roof.
(Association for Industrial Archaeology Bulletin: 1990-: 3).
Listing NGR: SO6378276603
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 483988
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Association for Industrial Archaeology Bulletin in Industrial Archaeology Bulletin, (1990), 3
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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