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Remains of Tong Castle


Description:  ( Part at SJ7916 0696.) Castle, remains of. C14 to circa 1765. Sandstone and red brick on natural rock. Fragmentary remains of stables and outbuildings including barrel vaulted cellars and part of newel staircase. The site is now divided in two, and largely obscured, by the M54 Motorway. George Durant the elder (d 1780), demolished most of Sir Harry Vernon's circa 1500 castle in 1764 and replaced it with Capability Brown's Gothic Castle in 1765, which was, in turn, demolished in 1954. Recently excavated... with report to follow <2>

(Other part at SJ7916 0693). Castle, remains of. C12 to C16. Fragmentary remains of sandstone walls on natural rock <3>

Tong Castle was originally built in the time of Richard II, a licence to crenellate having been granted in the 5th year of his reign. (1381-2) <9>

(1763) Tong Castle is an irregular old edifice, built of stone, except the East Wing, which being demolished in the Civil Wars was rebuilt with brick in the same style of building with the rest <10>

Copies of various interim reports on the 1976-1981 excavations by Alan Wharton (with Tong Archaeological Group and then a Community Enterprise Team) are held in the DRF. These need to be summarised. PAW comment 1990 <12> - <21>

Country:  England

County:  Shropshire

Parish:  Tong

Grid Reference:   SJ791069

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 379100, 306900

Period/Subject:  MEDIEVAL TO POST 1914 - CASTLE, POST MEDIEVAL TO POST 1914 - MANOR HOUSE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: PRN 01359
[ADS] Import RCN: SALOPSMR-614

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Sustainability Group, Shropshire County Council

Bibliographic References: 

  • &lt;10&gt; Anon (1763) Gentlemans Magazine, p162 (Apr)
  • &lt;06&gt; Anon (1897-98) Bye Gones, p407
  • &lt;11&gt; Anon (1906) Archaeologia Cambrensis, p183
  • &lt;05&gt; Anon (nd) Calendar Pat Rolls, 1381
  • &lt;01&gt; Anon (nd) Oblique View
  • &lt;02&gt; Department of the Environment (1984) 7th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p76
  • &lt;03&gt; Department of the Environment (1984) 7th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p79
  • &lt;08&gt; Eyton, R W (1854-1860) Antiquities of Shropshire, p211
  • &lt;02b&gt; Griffiths, G (1894) History of Tong and Boscobel, p89-92, p151-161
  • &lt;04&gt; Hussey, C (1946) Article in Country Life
  • &lt;02a&gt; Pevsner, N (1958) Buildings of England (Shropshire), p304
  • &lt;02c&gt; Robinson, D H (1980) The Wandering Worfe, p56-59
  • &lt;00&gt; Shropshire County Council SMR (nd) SMR Card Collection, SMR Card for PRN SA 01359
  • &lt;07&gt; Tucker, G I (1861) Article in JBAA
  • &lt;09&gt; Turner, T H (1859) Domestic Architecture of England, Pt 2, p366
  • &lt;24&gt; Tyler, A W (Oct 1980) Ice House, Tong Castle
  • &lt;12&gt; Wharton, A (1976) Article in WMANS
  • &lt;16&gt; Wharton, A (1976) Tong Castle Excavation 1976
  • &lt;13&gt; Wharton, A (1977) Article in WMANS
  • &lt;15&gt; Wharton, A (1977) Tong Castle Excavation (Report on Claypipes etc)
  • &lt;17&gt; Wharton, A (1977) Tong Castle Excavation Interim Report 2
  • &lt;14&gt; Wharton, A (1978) Article in Shropshire News Sheet
  • &lt;18&gt; Wharton, A (1978) Tong Castle Excavation Interim Report 3
  • &lt;22&gt; Wharton, A (1979) Excavation of the C14 Well at Tong Castle
  • &lt;20&gt; Wharton, A (1979) Tong Castle 1979
  • &lt;19&gt; Wharton, A (1979) Tong Castle Excavation 1978-79
  • &lt;21&gt; Wharton, A (1982) Community Enterprise Programme - Tong Castle Excavation