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Radcliffe Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Radclif
In the civil parish of Radcliffe.
In the historic county of Lancashire (Modern Authority of Bury, 1974 county of Greater Manchester).
The surviving rectangular tower of a manor house rebuilt in 1403. Coursed squared stone, perhaps originally Ashlar. 10 yds by 19 yds and about 20ft high. Low almost round-headed arch on north, south and east sides. 2-centre-headed doorway on west side. In 1781 it was a two storied timber house with a ruinous tower. The house was taken down in C19. Amateur excavations have revealed the presence of a moat. James de Radcliffe (Sir James Radclyffe) in 1403 obtained a royal licence to rebuild his manor house erecting "a hall and two towers of stone"
This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1403 Aug 15.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 210639)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD79580751
PastScape number;
44210
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p37
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p243
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p136
Walker and Tyndall (eds), 1985, Country Houses of Greater Manchester
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p247
Gibson, Leslie Irving, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers (Dalesman Books)
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1969, Lancashire, 2. The rural north (Harmondsworth) p369
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Farrer, William and Brownbill, J. (eds), 1911, VCH Lancaster Vol5 p59-61
Fishwick, 1907, in Fishwick and Ditchfield (eds), Memorials of Old Lancashire Vol2 p20-1
Nicholls, W., 1900, History and Traditions of Radcliffe (London: John Heywood)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p201
Baines, 1868, History of Lancashire (London) Vol1 p532-3
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p215, 421
- Journal Articles
- Wilson, D., 1982, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol9
Fishwick, H., 1901, 'The Old Castles of Lancashire.' Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol19 p73-4
1889, Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol7 p281-4
- Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1402-5) p255
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