Kingsbury Hall

In the civil parish of Kingsbury.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Two lengths of C14 curtain wall about 1.7m thick and 6m high built of good coursed square masonry. The two lengths meet at a semi-octagonal tower about 2.5m wide across inner mouth. Adjoining W side of tower is a small turret containing garderobe. Traces of a second garderobe exist. The length of wall running N from the tower runs to the main gateway with a 3m wide archway, probably rebuilt, which appears to have had an external gatehouse. A pond to the N of the N wall may indicate a moat. Detailed information also exists on the history of the ownership of the manor of Kingsbury.
The title castle is appropriate because of the strong defensive nature of the site and the strength of the remaining structure. The walls are probably C13/early C14 and the tower and main gateway slightly later.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP21399632

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; 334271

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 4

• Web site links
  • http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA4
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p408
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p259
    Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p57
    Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p38
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p483
    Pevsner, Nikolaus and Wedgwood, Alexandra, 1966, The buildings of England: Warwickshire p327
    Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1947, VCH Warwickshire Vol4 p100-2
• Journal Articles
  • Chatwin, P.B., 1947-8, 'Castles in Warwickshire' Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Vol67 p16-17
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p443
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Baker, H.D., 1987, Warwickshire Monument Evaluation and Presentation Project