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Alveley, BRIDGNORTH, WV15 6NE

Grade II* listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101367871-the-bell-inn-alveley#.WixLW9SLTGg in 1974, at which time it was still a public house, this is now a private residence, having closed some 25 years or so ago. In itself it dates mainly from the 17th century, but its II* listing is primarily given for the remarkable amount of 12th & 13th century stonework and carvings that have been found in and around the structure. These include several large interlace panels, and a coffin lid, most of which are thought likely to have come from the nearby parish church at some stage.

At the rear (just to the north) of Image, but not listed in its own right, this former cart barn now appears to be in the process of conversion to residential use.

This Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101254267-outbuilding-and-attached-wall-to-north-west-of-number-6-the-bell-inn-alveley#.WixJzNSLTGg 18th century sandstone building is described as a probable former malthouse, as it is adjacent to the Image, which lies behind it and is now a private house.

The view from the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Alveley. The gravestones dated back from 1635.

The walls that surround the churchyard were Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101053192-churchyard-walls-alveley#.Wi1sBNSLTGg in 1974; they are built of irregularly-coursed sandstone rubble with a rounded stone coping.

The view in St Mary the Virgin Church in the Shropshire Village of Alveley.

The view in St Mary the Virgin Church in the Shropshire Village of Alveley.

Another of several attractive Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101367872-7-centre-place-alveley#.WixIgtSLTGg properties in the middle of the village; this dates from the 17th century and is described in its listing details as 'unoccupied' in 1970. That's clearly no longer the case.

Grade II* listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101053191-church-of-st-mary-alveley#.Wi1u09SLTGg in 1970, parts of the church and tower are 12th and 13th century, with later and more recent additions and alterations. The south porch seen here was built around 1879 by Sir Arthur William Blomfield, one of the great Gothic revivalist architects.

Originally 3 cottages dating variously from the 17th and 18th centuries, this is now a single house. It was Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101053193-church-cottages-alveley#.Wi1y1dSLTGg in 1970.