Aston Rogers Pond House

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameAston Rogers Pond House
Alternative NamesPound House
Historic CountryShropshire
Modern AuthorityShropshire
1974 AuthorityShropshire
Civil ParishWorthen With Shelve

Three parts of a round moat surround the "Pond House" at Aston Rogers (VCH)

Pond House, formerly Pound House, appears to be of 15th. C date, and stands within a circular moat on a hillock. The moat was apparently never more than about 0.5m. deep and was used as a mill pond by the adjoining corn mill. A stream occupies the NW side of the moat (F1 MHB 02-MAR-71)

The moat or 'hillock' (possibly a motte) described above was seen as earthworks and mapped from aerial photographs during the Marches Uplands Mapping Project. The moat is sub-oval, 52m by 35m, and is centred at SJ 3424 0657 (CPAT 85-MB-11). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

This site starting as a low building platform type motte later being converted into a more fashionable moat seems entirely possible but does not seem to have been considered by the usual castle studies authorities.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSJ342065
Latitude52.6526794433594
Longitude-2.97379994392395
Eastings334220
Northings306550
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Books

  • Wall (after Downham), 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol. 1 p. 405