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Shirburn Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Sherborne
In the civil parish of Shirburn.
In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).
Castle constructed circa 1378 on the site of a moated grange, altered in 1720 and the early C19. It is constructed of red brick which is partly rendered, dressed chalk and limestone, and is of three storeys, in a quandrangular plan with rounded corner towers. It was originally of Early Perpendicular style, remodelled in Georgian style and early C19 Gothick style. Licence to crenellate issued to Sir Warren de Lisle in 1377
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1377 March 5.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 248998)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU69669598
PastScape number;
241958
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p153-7 [plan]
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p75
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p206
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p386
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p297
Pevsner, N. and Sherwood, J., 1974, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (London) p761-2
Lobel, Mary D. (ed), 1964, VCH Oxfordshire Vol8 p178-181
Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p212
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p46-9
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p163-5
Frances, Countess of Macclesfield, 1887, Scattered Notices of Shirburn Castle
Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol2 (London) p419-21
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p275-6, 418
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1853, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol2 p267
Journal Articles
- Mowl, T. and Earnshaw, B., 1981, 'The origins of the 18th century neo-medevalism in a Georgian Norman castle' Journal of the Society of Architectural History Vol40 p289-94
1900, 'Shirburn Castle' Country Life Vol7 p80-84
Money, W., 1895, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol1 p289-95
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 (1374-77) p434
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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