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AWALK AROUND THE HISTORIC
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1. Clock Tower
2. Dickens Restaurant & Cottages
3. Old Drinking Fountain
4. The Limes
5. Octagonal Lodge
6. The Old House
7. Rock Tavern
8. Rock House
9. The Green House
10. The White House
11. The House by the Church
12. Lich Gate
13. St. Michael & All Angels Church
14. Listed terrace
15. Arts and Crafts Cottages
16. Danescourt Farm
17. The Pool
TETTENHALLVILLAGETRAIL
urn left into Clifton Road. Take care as there are nopavements here.
The large detached houses here are a mixture of ages andstyles. Eventually on your left you will come to a terrace ofsix three storey brick houses of 1820-30 which are listedbuildings. As the Upper Green once more comes into viewnote the early twentieth century Arts and Crafts stylehouses, named End Cottage, Pound Cottage and ForgeCottage, on your left overlooking the Green.
ross the green in front of the cottages. Next to the car parkstands Danescourt Farm which has sixteenth century origins.A date stone says 1520 but it was considerably altered in theVictorian period.
he trail ends at the pool on Upper Green.
This pool was certainly in existence by the seventeenthcentury and maybe even earlier. It was converted into apaddling pool in 1934 paid for by a Mr Graham of theExpress and Star and is still very popular in the summermonths.
THIS IS THE END OF THE TRAIL.Walking is an excellent form of gentle exercise. It not only improves your fitnessbut also your sense of well-being. The following details will help you work outhow many steps you have taken and how much energy you have used:
1 mile = 1760 - 2640 steps (depending on the length of your stride)(1 mile = 1.6 kilometres)10,000 steps = the recommended daily number of steps to keep healthyWalking 1 mile burns approximately 100 calories
BY WALKING THIS TRAIL YOU WILL HAVE:Walked 1 1/4 miles (2km), taken approximately 2,500 steps and burnt 125calories
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he Trail starts at the Clock Tower on Upper Green.
This area of open spacewas previously known asMarsh Green but the nameUpper Green had certainlycome into use by 1780. In1861 there was a proposalto enclose most of thecommon land of UpperGreen and sell it off, but acampaign by the villagersdefeated the proposal andso preserved the Green forposterity. The clock towerwas presented to the UrbanDistrict of Tettenhall by Mrand Mrs Edward Swindleyon 22 June 1912 in honourof George V's Coronation.
ross the road and take the steps up to Dickens restaurant.
Dickens restaurant and the two adjacent cottages with theirogee-headed entrances date from the first half of thenineteenth century.
t the end of College Road cross into the car park of the RockTavern.
The Rock Tavern used to be called the Old Rose andCrown public house. A bowling green and grounds werelaid out by G. Spink in 1843. The Rock Villa gardensattracted tourists from Wolverhampton in the 1850s withamusements such as public dancing, fireworks andballooning. Remnants of the gardens still survive for theuse of patrons of the public house and from here there aregood views across Wolverhampton.
ross back over the road and walk to the foot of Old Hill.
The brick, three storey mid eighteenth century house on theleft known as Rock House has been home to many localbusinessmen and entrepreneurs in the past.
In 1930 the Roman Catholic Church took the building overand the former ballroom was used for worship. Thirty-fiveyears later in 1965, the Church moved into their newpremises at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church off WoodRoad.
Behind the house can be seen an exposed section of thesandstone ridge which divided the village in two untilThomas Telford cut through The Rock, using gunpowder,between 1820-23 to form part of the improvements to theLondon to Holyhead road (A41).
Evidence suggests in fact that it was not the route favouredby Telford, but he was over-ruled by local engineers andthe Wolverhampton Turnpike Trust. There is a markerstone halfway down the cutting which states
TETTENHALL VILLAGE TRAIL
INTRODUCTIONThe village of Tettenhall has a history which goes back at leasta thousand years to Saxon times when it was probably a moreimportant settlement than nearby Wolverhampton. TheMedieval village was extensive being centred on the two greensbisected by a sandstone ridge. Whilst the town ofWolverhampton grew as a result of the industrial prosperity inthe eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Tettenhall remainedessentially an agricultural community. It soon becamesomething of a resort from Wolverhampton, for leisure andthen as a place of residence. A number of quality houses andvillas were built and the development eventually spread over thefields which had once supported crops and livestock. In 1966the village officially became part of greater Wolverhampton butit has retained its identity and evidence of its historicaldevelopment can still be traced on the ground.
The Tettenhall Trail takes you on a walk around the villagepointing out some of its important buildings and historic sites.
NB Because of the hilly nature of Tettenhall those withwalking problems are likely to find sections of the traildifficult due to steep slopes and steps. Younger childrenshould be accompanied by an adult as some roads are verybusy or have no pavements. The Trail should take between 1and 1 1/2 hours to complete.
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ontinue along the red cobbled street 20 meters.
A little further along onthe green outside theshops stands an olddrinking fountain thatwas donated to thevillage in 1890 byHoratio Gibbs Powell.The fountain wasrestored and moved tothis position in the year2000 having originallybeen located near to thejunction of Wergs Roadand Wrottesley Roadwhere it had been atrisk of damage frompassing vehicles. Thelantern on the top is areplica of the original
urn south towards the High Street then cross back over theroad to the Green and walk towards Limes Road.
The large house on the corner to your right known as TheLimes was once owned by a Baptist Minister, the ReverendPhilip Popplestone Rowe in the late nineteenth century,and was used as a Gentleman's Boarding School. A blueplaque on the gateway records that it was also once thehome of Dr S. C. Dyce, the last Chairman of TettenhallCouncil which was amalgamated with Wolverhampton in1966.
ontinue along Limes Road and turn left into Nursery Walk.
This is an area of modest terraced cottages which wereerected between 1850-1870. Many are dated and named.Look out for the rather grand titles COSHAM PLACE andEASTNEY PLACE.
t the end of Nursery Walk cross the end of the High Street tothe junction with College Road.
Here is the entrance to Tettenhall College, formerlyTettenhall Towers, which was built in about 1770. Theoctagonal lodge with its balustraded parapet and matchinggate piers with their pedimented caps and Greek keypattern decoration were erected in the last century. Halfway along College Road on the right stands the Old House,dated 1725.
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NB As there is no pavement here it is not advisable toattempt to find this marker.
On the opposite side of the Rock stands the lodge to AvenueHouse with its three cylindrical chimneys built shortly afterThe Rock was cut.
ross the road at the pelican crossing to Lower Green.
In Medieval times Lower Green was much larger than the3 1/2 acres it covers today. It still retains its rural character.A number of fine houses overlook The Green including theWhite House, The Green House and The House by theChurch all of which are listed buildings.
o to the far end of Church Road and stop at the Lich Gate.
St. Michael and All Angels Church was built in thefourteenth century on the site of a Saxon Church of whichunfortunately nothing remains today. The only survivingsection of the fourteenth century Church is the tower. Theporch dates from the nineteenth century but the remainderwas replaced after a devastating fire on 2 February 1950.The Fire Brigade was late arriving on the scene and theirengine actually got stuck trying to pass through the LichGate. The marks can still be seen in the woodwork! Inaddition the water supply which had been cut off during the
war was never reinstated and as a result water had to bebrought from the nearby canal. You will find the names ofmany prominent Wolverhampton families in thechurchyard. Look out for Thorneycroft (the family that livedat Tettenhall Towers also on this trail) Beattie (as in thedepartment store), Fowler (family name of the first LordWolverhampton), Mander (wealthy industrialists who builtWightwick Manor) and many more, and the grave of anarmless woman, a seamstress who worked on a Sunday andwas supposedly punished by God for it. This latter gravecan be located by turning left at the second tree along thepath to the north of the Church. Continue about three rowsof graves in from the path and you will find it at your feetlying down in the undergrowth. From here take the pathwhich goes from behind the tower and climbs up the ridge.Along the way note the huge Yew trees reputed to be athousand years old.
NB An excellent guide book is available in the Church.
Continue up the steps to the top of the ridge until you reachChurch Hill Road.
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