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Doddington Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Delves Hall; Dodynton; Dodyngton
In the civil parish of Doddington .
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).
Fortified structure which is the only surviving building on the site of a moated manor probably built between 1365-1403. The tower is constructed of coursed sandstone with a slate roof, and is three storeys in height with a wall-walk above. The tower was free standing and probably intended as a place of refuge for the family. In early C17 the tower was incorporated into a range of domestic buildings of which nothing now survives. C17 house was demolished and replaced by a house built from 1777 by Samuel Wyatt. The tower was retained as a landscape feature and presumably was used as a gazebo or banqueting pavilion. Sir John Delves obtained a licence to crenellate in 1364, his grandson and some other men obtained a licence for a tower in 1403.
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.
A Chester licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1364 July 9.
A Chester licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1403 Feb 23.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 57098)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ70874702
PastScape number;
74464
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 235/1/2
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p17
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p530
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p16
de Figueiredo, P. and Treuherz, J., 1988, Cheshire Country Houses (Chichester: Phillimore) p72
Cullen, P.W. and Hordern, R., 1986, Castles of Cheshire (Crossbow Books) p26
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p67
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Edward Hubbard, 1971, The buildings of England Cheshire p198-199
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p169-70
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol3 p522, 524
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p219
Journal Articles
- Bird, S. et al, 1996, Garden History Vol24 p167-83
Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p95n2
Nares, 1953, Country Life Vol113 p344-8
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Chester Recognizance Roll, 38 & 39 Edw. III. m. !d
Chester Recognizance Roll, 4 & 5 Hen. IV, m. 10d
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