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The Glebe, SHREWSBURY, SY5 6QL

A plaque on the wall reads: "This building, The Old Malthouse, was presented by Thomas Henry 8th Lord Berwick to the Parish of Atcham. To be converted into a war memorial hall in commemoration of the men of Atcham who fell in the Great War 1914-18. The memorial hall was opened by Colonel Charles Grant D.S.O. of Pitchford on 31st December 1925."

These cottages were designed by the architect John Nash (1752-1835), who later did much work for the Prince Regent, who eventually became King George IV. The cottages probably date from the very start of the 19th century. There is an unusual ogee type bay window looking onto the lane. John Nash was responsible for several of the cottages in this tiny village. Originally a more elaborate development was planned, but that never happened. In the distance can be seen a traditional red telephone kiosk, but whether that is working or merely ornamental, is unknown.

By the trance to the car park. The building is also known as the Atcham Memorial Hall.

An late 18th or early 19th century vicarage, attached to the adjacent church and originally part of a single building with the neighbouring Vicarage Cottage. It was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101055093-the-old-vicarage-atcham#.XSpG6OhKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1055093 in 1952.

The hotel, which is a Grade II listed building, is flanked by the B4380 road, and the River Severn. It has an interesting history. Built in 1735, it was an inn known as the Talbot Arms, a name linked with the Earls of Shrewsbury. It was rebuilt in the coaching era, when it was a stopping point on the route to Holyhead and Ireland. In the 1830's it came under the same ownership as Attingham Park, and the name was changed to the Berwick Arms. In the 1860's, with the spread of the railways, coaching inns declined and the property was sold as a private house, and re-named Atcham House. In the 1930's it was purchased by the famous architect Sir Clough Williams Ellis, who developed the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. Sir Clough converted the building to a hotel, which took the name of The Mytton and Mermaid. Mytton was the name of the local squire who squandered his fortune, and the Mermaid came from the crest of the Portmeirion hotel. In the stableyard there is or was a metal sculpture of a mermaid by Ralph Ellis. The mermaid also used to be appear on the hotel's sign, but sadly she has been banished. Image

A substantial Georgian building of seven bays and three storeys with a pedimented Doric doorcase. Lying on the London-Holyhead road, it was built c1775 as the Talbot Hotel, and is now the Mytton and Mermaid. Grade II listed.