Category: English Heritage

Viroconium Cornoviorum – Wroxeter Roman City

September 28, 2025

There are many interesting historical and architectural places to visit within easy reach of Folly View Let – one amazing example is Wroxeter – once known as Viroconium Cornoviorum and at its height the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. Viroconium Cornoviorum

Flaxmill Maltings – Grandparent of Skyscrapers

July 11, 2025

The Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings were originally built as Dittherington Flax Mill and its Main Mill is widely acknowledged as the “world’s first multi-storey iron-framed building” – and sometimes referenced as the “grandparent of skyscrapers”. Built between 1796–1800 and opened in around 1797