Wingfield Manor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; South Wingfield; Winfeld; Wenfeld

In the civil parish of South Wingfield.
In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

The remains of a medieval great house built in the mid-C15 for Ralph, Lord Cromwell. In its final form, it is a double courtyard great house comprising an inner court to the north and a larger outer court to the south. After Cromwell's death in 1456 the manor was sold to to the Earl of Shrewsbury and remained with that family until 1678 when it was bought by Immanuel Halton who built a house in the shell of the great hall. The site was abandoned in C18 though a section of the cross range was converted to a farmhouse and is still lived in today by the present owners of the manor.

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 78742)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK37435479

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; 313973

• Web site links
  • http://www.britannia.com/history/chouses/wingfield.html
    http://www.britannia.com/history/chouses/wingfdad.html
    http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/housederby_wingfield.htm
    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.74
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p26-9
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p449
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p51-2
    Smith, Michael E., 1992, Castles and Manor Houses in and around Derbyshire (Derby)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p111
    Thompson, M.W., 1981, ‘The architectural significance of the building works of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (1394-1456)‘, in A Detsicas (ed), Collectanea Historica: Essays in Memory of Stuart Rigold, Kent Archaeological Society p155-62
    Pevsner, Nikolaus revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1978, Buildings of England: Derbyshire (Harmondsworth) p217-9
    Michael Thompson, 1976, 'The construction of the manor at South Wingfield, Derbyshire' in Sieveking, G. de G. et ad (eds) Problems in economic and social Archaeology (London) p417-38
    Tipping, H.A., 1921, English Homes, period 1 Vol1 (London) p303-12
    Thompson, A. Hamilton, 1912, Military architecture in England during the Middle Ages (OUP) p345-52
    Gotch, J. Alfred, 1909, The Growth of the English House (London: Batsford) p68-78
    Le Blanc-Smith, 1907, in Cox, Memories of Old Derbyshire (London) p146-63 [history only]
    Cox, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Derbyshire Vol1 p391-2
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol3 (London) p90-1
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p222-4
    Lysons, D. and S., 1817, Magna Britannia Vol5 Derbyshire p. ccxl [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=405]
    Blore, 1793, History of the Manor and Manor-House of South Wingfield (London)
• Journal Articles
  • Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p320
    Emery, A., 1985, 'Ralph, Lord Cromwell's manor at Wingfield (1439-c1450): its construction, design and influence' Archaeological Journal Vol142 p276-339
    Emery, A. and Binney, M., 1982, ‘Wingfield Manor, Derbyshire' Country Life Vol171 p946-9, 1042-5
    1979-82, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol13 p6
    1981, Medieval Archaeology Vol25 p216
    Notes and News., 1960, 'Wingfield Manor' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol80
    Hanbury, W.H., 1948, 'A note on Wingfield manor house' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol68 p37-41
    Tipping, 1915 July 17, Country Life Vol38 p90-7
    Hope, 1915, Archaeological Journal Vol71 p369-70
    Kerry, C., 1897, 'Miscellanea (Wingfield Manor)' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol19
    Cox, J.C., 1886, 'On the manor house of South Wingfield' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol8 p65-78
    1885, Archaeological Journal Vol42 p498-500
    1852, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol7 p367-74
• Guidebooks
  • Dixon, Philip, 1995, Derbyshire Wingfield Manor (English Heritage)
    Edmunds, W.H., Guide to Wingfield Manor
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p524