Good morning Nick. Thanks for this interesting suggestion, I am sure you are right that the prominent Haughmond Castle would have inspired similar buildings on other Shropshire estates. Thank you for your Landed Families blogs, they are my first port-of-call if I get stuck on who’s who!

Hello Alan. I now regret not including a view of the remains of Sundorne Castle. There has been no recent work as far as I could see, and the buildings seemed to be in use as agricultural storage. There are ‘keep out’ signs warning that the buildings are dangerous, which I can well believe. I missed that art gallery in Shrewsbury, but loved the displays in the city museum. I also visited Moreton Corbet, which is wonderful. Thanks for the information.

Hello Gwyn. Yes I went to have a look but didn’t have room to add much more to the post. They are looking a little sad so I hope there are plans to bring them back to life. The vibrant red brick of the gatehouse and wall really stands out from the site of the folly and from the abbey.

Morning David. Not pedantic at all! A silly slip by me and I have corrected it.

Thank you for this – most interesting as usuual! Just a point – the Batoni portrait show Corbet holding a drawing of the Pantheon, not the Colosseum. Sorry to be pedantic!