Newton St Loe

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; St Loes Castle

In the civil parish of Newton St Loe.
In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Bath and North East Somerset, 1974 county of Avon).

Fortified manor house and deer park, occupied possibly from C12, on the site of a Medieval manor. The fortified manor house consisted of a rectangular courtyard with square corner towers and connecting ranges behind a curtain wall, surrounded on at least three sides by a ditch. Excavation has identified three main Medieval building phases, the principal one being during the first quarter of C14, and a ceramic sequence from C12/13 to C18. The gatehouse was built in the mid C15. During C16 alterations were made to the defences and domestic buildings. The mound lying north of the keep was proved by excavation to be the remains of a tower at the termination of the east curtain wall. Most of complex was demolished during landscaping of a park in C18.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 32584, 32585)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST69406397

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 201108

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p600-2
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p79
Dunning, Robert, 1995, Somerset Castles (Somerset Books) p61-2
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p222
Dunning, Robert, 1991, Some Someerset Country Houses p105-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p444
Pevsner, N., 1958, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (Harmondsworth) p234
Cooke, R., 1957, West Country Houses p166-8
Collinson, J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire Vol3 p342-5

Journal Articles

Arnold, C.J., 2001, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, Bath Vol143 p57-115
Iles, R., 1984, Bristol and Avon Archaeology Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society Vol3 p63
Iles, R., 1983, Bristol and Avon Archaeology Bristol and Avon Archaeological Society Vol2 p55
Youngs, S.M. and Clark, J., 1982, ‘Medieval Britain in 1981' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p170
Youngs, S. and Clark, J., 1982, Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p170
Youngs, S.M. and Clark, J., 1981, ‘Medieval Britain in 1980' Medieval Archaeology Vol25 p200
Arnold, C.J., 1981, Medieval Archaeology Vol25 p200
Kenyon, J.R., 1981 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales: a Preliminary Survey and Re-appraisal' Archaeological Journal Vol138 p227
Arnold, C.J., 1980, ‘The fortified manor house at Newton St Loe: interim report on the excavations’ Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Vol124 p77-86
Iles, R., 1978, Bristol Archaeological Research Group (B.A.R.G.) Bulletin Vol6 No 5 p117
1977, Fort Vol4 p83
Webster, L.E. and Cherry, J., 1977, ‘Medieval Britain in 1976' Medieval Archaeology Vol21 p233
Tipping, H.A., 1910 Jan , Country Life
Strachey, Edward, 1867, Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Vol14 p82-102

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

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p429
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p103

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