Brinsop Court

In the civil parish of Brinsop and Wormsley.
In the historic county of Herefordshire (Modern Authority of Herefordshire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Fortified manor house. walls of stone with later timber framing, roofs covered with stone slates. 3 phases early C14 work c1300-1310 small part of N range, E of entrance; rest of range 1320-30; NW angle retains evidence of former turret. E half of S range containing Great Hall built c1340. Traces of low W range abutting to N range & prob of same age, but replaced by higher timber framed building c M C16. S half rebuilt towards end of C17. W half of S range remodelled E C16. Part of W range towards courtyard refronted in brick in C18. In 1913 modern E range built. Moat roughly rectangular surrounds house, crossed near SW corner by stone bridge, in C19 drawbridge on N front replaced. Belonged in C13-14 to Tirrells & passed to Daunseys who held it to 1820.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO44594567

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 108004

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3214

• Web site links
  • http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/db.php?smr_no=3214
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p17
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p518-521
    Pevsner, N., 1963, The Buildings of England Herefordshire p87-8
    RCHME, 1932, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire. Vol2: east p29-31
    Robinson, Rev C.J., 1872, A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire (Logaston Press, 2001 reprint)
• Journal Articles
  • Anon, 1994, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol62, 38