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Eccleshall Castle
In the civil parish of Eccleshall.
In the historic county of Staffordshire (Modern Authority of Staffordshire, 1974 county of Staffordshire).
Remains of a moated fortified manor house or castle built in C14 as an episcopal residence. During the Civil War the castle was besieged by Parliamentarians who demolished it before 1646. C14 remains include a nine-sided corner tower, the bridge over the moat and the stone retaining walls to the moat. A plan drawn up after the Civil War shows a second tower, joined to the first by a hall and chapel range. The present house was rebuilt circa 1695 incorporating some C14 fabric. It is L-shaped in plan, built of stone with tiled roofs. A licence was granted by King John circa 1200 for the former moated site to become a castle.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1200.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 272133)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ82782956
PastScape number;
75490
Books
- Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p165, 173
Salter, Mike, 1997, Castles and Moated Mansions of Staffordshire (Malvern) p28
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p228
Maddison, J., 1993, 'Buildings at Lichfield during the episcopate of Walter Langton (1296-1321)' in Maddison, J. (ed) Medieval Archaeology and Architecture in Lichfield p65-84
Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p45
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p450
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p226
Pevsner, N., 1974, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire (London, Penguin) p126
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p182
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Lynam, C., 1908, in Page, Wm. (ed), VCH Staffordshire Vol1 p370 [plan]
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p397-8
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p234
Camden, 1588, Britannia Vol2 p388
Journal Articles
- Palliser, D.M., 1972, 'Staffordshire Castles: A Provisional List' Staffordshire Archaeology Vol1 p5-8
Cantor, Leonard, 1966, 'The Medieval Castles of Staffordshire' North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Vol6 p38-46
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
Lynam, C.,1896-7, North Staffordshire Field Club transactions Vol31 p188
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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