Survey Data

Reg No

16401904


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Archaeological, Architectural


Original Use

Castle/fortified house


In Use As

Folly


Date

1540 - 1560


Coordinates

327369, 202231


Date Recorded

14/08/2003


Date Updated

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Description

Detached three-bay three-storey castle or tower house of c.1550 which was later adapted as a folly. The castle or tower house is constructed in rubble fieldstone. The parapet is castellated and there are bartizans to each corner. The door and windows have a mixture of pointed-arched and flat-headed openings. The castle or tower house is set within a circular walled garden close to the side of the road.

Appraisal

A well preserved late medieval castle or tower house. Follies invariably aped older structures but this is in fact what it pretends to be: a medieval ruin.