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Town Walls, SHREWSBURY, SY1 1TN

The Town Walls Tower is the last remaining medieval watchtower surviving on what were once the medieval fortified walls of Shrewsbury. The tower, which dates from the 14th century, is now in the care of the National Trust.

Road following the course of the town wall, parallel with the looping Severn.

The Town Walls Tower is the last remaining medieval watchtower surviving on what were once the medieval fortified walls of Shrewsbury. The tower, which dates from the 14th century, is now in the care of the National Trust.

Built around 1800 as a pair of houses, but more recently in commercial/office use, and the white notice on the railings suggests they are owned or used by the nearby Shrewsbury High School at present. They were collectively Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101255054-27-and-28-town-walls-shrewsbury#.Yrv3DHbMKUl & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1255054 in 1953.

This is the last remaining mediaeval watch tower set along the town walls to guard against attacks by the Welsh from across the river which it overlooks. It was the Normans who provided the first defensive wall for the town in the early 12th, the walls were strengthened subsequently and the towers probably erected in the early C14th. The Welsh name for Shrewsbury is Amwythig meaning "fortified place". The tower is in the ownership of the National Trust and privately rented.

Road (A458) running along the site of what were once the medieval fortified walls of Shrewsbury. Image], in the background, is the last surviving watchtower.

Looking along the street named Town Walls from near the corner of Swan Hill. A one-way traffic system (towards the camera) is in force along this narrow road. Double yellow lines on both sides of the road make parking illegal here.

The house was built around 1800, but the roughly-coursed sandstone walls to either side are considerably older, being part of the 13th century town defensive wall. No 26, with the iron railings leading up to its doorway, was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101254931-number-26-and-attached-walls-and-railings-shrewsbury#.Yrv5BXbMKUk & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1254931 in 1972, whilst the older wall is also a Scheduled Monument.

An OS cutmark on the corner of the wall at 26 Town Walls; originally levelled at 60.411m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

This damaged OS cut mark can be found on the Town Walls. It marks a point 60.411m above mean sea level.