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.