More information : (SJ 572060) Tower (NR) (twice) Wall (NR) (Three times) (1) The stately mansion built at Eyton in 1607 by Sir Francis Newport was later the birth-place of Lord Herbert of Chirbury, the philosopher. All that remains after its destruction by fire is a barn now converted into cottages and a two-storeyed octagonal brick summer-house connected by a length of Tudor walling to another summer-house incorporated in a modern house. A chapel at Eyton was still extant c 1820, and blocks of sandstone in buildings to the rear of the house are said to have belonged to its structure. Grade 2. (2-4) The east wall of the enclosure known as the "Monk's Garden" contains some sandstone, but the other three walls are of brick. (5) Of the 17th c house at Eyton, only the tower at SJ 5728 0612 with its attached stretches of walling remains. The tower consists of two contiguous octogonal buildings. The larger, southern part, is stone built, of two storeys and has been is use as a summer house. It measures 6.2m across and is some 35 ft high. The other part of the building is a stair-turret measuring 3.5m across and some 45 ft high. The structure is entire but becoming derelict The wall running NW from it to the modern Eyton House is stone built, over 1.0m thick, some 10 ft high, and has a modern ridge-tiled top. The wall running to the SW is stone-built at the bottom and brick-built at the top,roughly in equal proportions At its NE end, where it joins the tower, it is 8 ft high and 0.9m thick, but it decreases steadily in height to only 3 ft at its SW end. Of the tower shown on OS 25" built into the front of Eyton House there is now no sign. The walled garden at SJ 57110605 has a stone and brick built wall in its SE side 0.9m thick and up to 12 ft high, but its other walls are of brick. It is known locally as "The Monk's Garden". Published survey (25") revised. See GP. (6) The remains of a Medieval country house were discovered by T. B. Beddoes in 1958 during ploughing at Eyton Farm (SJ 573062). The site is "in the field sloping down from the farm to the river and marked by a walled enclosure". In the centre of the field, opposite the walled enclosure, the soil was blackened over a fairly large area and remains of sandstone walls had been uncovered below the surface. A small, bricked pit measuring about 5 feet by 2 feet 6 inches by 3 feet deep was also found, the top of which was covered by four large slabs. Small pieces of pottery and glass were picked up in the area where the soil was darkened. The remains are probably those of the Abbot of Shrewsbury's house which is known to have stood here in the Middle Ages. The field, referred to by Hobbs, is under permanent pasture and no structural remains are now visible. (7) Mr Beddoes indicated the site at SJ 57170603. He has nothing further to add and no more finds have been made. (8)
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