Warblington Castle, Havant

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; St Faiths

In the civil parish of Havant.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

Large moated house built between 1514 and 1526 on site of older building (Barron states a licence granted 1340, Salter writes granted by Edward III to the Monthermer family in 1340's - this is not in rolls). Reduced to ruins during the Civil War, with only the octagonal turret of the gatehouse remaining, consisting of tall red brick structure with stone quoins and string course. Portion of red brick wall to the west and wide pointed stone arch. Remains of moat. Rejected by King as not a fortified building -which is possible true of the C16 building but the earlier house may have been fortified.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 135336)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU72950557

PastScape number; 242155

Web site links

http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v07p108e05.html
http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v07p110e07.html

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p55
Barron, W.G., 1985, The Castles of Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Paul Cave) p50
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p196 [reject]
Pevsner, N. and Lloyd D., 1967, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Harmondsworth) p.641
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Williams-Freeman, J.P.,1915, An Introduction to Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire (London) p279-80, 337, 416 and Plan
Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol3 p134-6
Doubleday, H. Arthur (ed), 1900, VCH, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol1 p478-526

Journal Articles

Butchart, C.B.R., 1954, Proceeding of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Vol18 p286-8
Williams-Freeman, J.P., 1938, Proceeding of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Vol14 p122
1936, Proceeding of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Vol13 p229

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/wilshireeng.html#hants13]

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Warblington Castle, Havant

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU72950557

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