Editing Shropshire (section)

=== Architecture ===
[[File:PortraitInigoJones.jpg|thumb|Inigo Jones was active in the county at the beginning of his career as an architect.]]
The first known architectural project of [[Inigo Jones]] is the Cotton monument in the Church of St Chad, [[Norton in Hales|Norton-in-Hales]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newman |first=John |date=1973 |title=An Early Drawing by Inigo Jones and a Monument in Shropshire |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/877379 |journal=The Burlington Magazine |volume=115 |issue=843 |pages=360–367 |jstor=877379 |issn=0007-6287}}</ref>

There are a number of important buildings in the county.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Newman |first1=John |title=Shropshire |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |date=2006 |publisher=Yale Univ. Press |isbn=978-0-300-12083-7 |series=Pevsner architectural guides |location=New Haven}}</ref> The world's first iron-framed building was built in Shrewsbury at the [[Ditherington Flax Mill|Flaxmill Maltings]]: the techniques pioneered in that building were necessary preconditions for [[skyscraper]]s.

[[John Nash (architect)|Nash]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attingham Estate Cronkhill {{!}} Shropshire |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/attingham-park-estate-cronkhill |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref> and [[Humphry Repton|Repton]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attingham Park Repton ramble {{!}} Shropshire |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/attingham-park/attingham-park-repton-ramble-trail |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref> were active at [[Attingham Park]].

A rare Anglo-Saxon hall, which was a high status building from the Anglo Saxon period, and possibly a feasting hall or palace, was excavated at nearby [[Attingham Park|Attingham]] in 2018; the dating window is between 400 AD and 1066.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neal |first=Toby |date=7 February 2018 |title=Rare Saxon hall find at Attingham excites the experts |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2018/02/08/rare-saxon-hall-find-excites-the-experts/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=www.shropshirestar.com |language=en}}</ref>