IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Acton Round, BRIDGNORTH, WV16 6XG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to WV16 6XG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (17 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
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Large barn at Acton Round Hall
Rather surprisingly, this fine barn does not appear to be amongst the listed buildings in the complex at Acton Round Hall.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 17 Sep 2016
0.01 miles
2
OS benchmark - barn at Acton Round Hall
An OS cutmark on a footing stone of the large roadside barn just southwest of Acton Round Hall; originally levelled at 143.308m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 17 Sep 2016
0.02 miles
5
Manor House, Acton Round
Dating from 1713-14, built for Sir Whitmore Acton, probably to the designs of Francis Smith of Warwick. The pinkish-red brick facade is divided into a 2-3-2 rhythm by giant rusticated pilaster strips. Grade I listed.
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In the C18th architectural hierarchy, Smith (1672-1738) lay somewhere between the London elite and the breed of skilled, provincial builder-architects who created substantial parts of the built fabric of the country that we see today. It's likely that brick dust ran in his veins - his father, also Francis, and his brother, William, were bricklayers, his elder brother Richard was also in the trade, and Francis's son, William, inherited his practice. Centred around Warwick, Francis built up a substantial practice, designing numerous country houses for the Midlands gentry, covering every county in the region except Nottinghamshire, as well as churches and the odd public building. After the catastrophic fire of 1694 in Warwick, he and William were contracted to supervise rebuilding and rebuilt parts of the town themselves. Francis assembled a small band of talented craftsmen to whom he returned time and time again. Whilst not particularly innovative, his commissions were secured on the back of building attractive houses to high standards of craftsmanship, his trustworthiness and reliability. Two members of the London elite, James Gibbs and Thomas Archer, entrusted Francis to execute several of their designs, and it seems likely that in at least one of these cases he modified the building to his own designs.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: Unknown
0.03 miles
6
Georgian postbox at Acton Round
A GR wallbox set into one of the village walls.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 17 Sep 2016
0.05 miles
7
The Monument at Acton Round 01
What does this monument commemorate or is it just another folly?
Image: © Row17
Taken: 23 Apr 2008
0.06 miles
9
Monument at Acton Round
Situated opposite "The Hall". This is not shown on the OS maps.
Image: © David Medcalf
Taken: 14 Sep 2006
0.09 miles
10
OS benchmark - Acton Round, farm building to NE
An OS cutmark on a cornerstone of an outbuilding to a farm just outside the village; originally levelled at 141.89m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 17 Sep 2016
0.10 miles