Late 16th century country house, reduced from three to two storeys in the 19th century and subsequently modernised. Built of coursed limestone rubble with an old clay tile hipped roof. The house stands on the site of a 14th century fortified house or castle. The earthwork remains associated with the medieval site survive. Not open […]
Bedford Castle
The castle mound stands in public gardens. A motte and bailey castle erected c. 1100-1130; the castle sustained sieges in 1132, 1137, 1145 and 1153 prior to its demolition in 1224; this was thoroughly carried out and only a portion of the motte remains with a slight section of its surrounding ditch, together with a […]
Ampthill Castle
The area of Ampthill Park (public park) has probably been parkland since the 15th century when Ampthill Castle was built on the crest of the Greensand Ridge. Ampthill Castle was built in the early 15th century by Lord Fanhope as a “residence meet for his royal spouse” Elizabeth, sister of Henry IV. It passed to […]
Kimbolton Castle
Kimbolton Castle, originally a medieval castle, underwent many changes before the Great Rebuilding by Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor and Adam, as the country house of the Dukes of Manchester. The Castle’s most famous resident was Katharine of Aragon, who died here in 1536, and small sections of the Tudor house have survived. Although the Castle now belongs […]
Huntingdon Castle
Huntingdon Castle lies in the southern part of the town near the bridge, and can be accessed from either Castle Moat Road or Castle Hill. An early fortification may have existed on the site as early as the late 9th century, although all evidence of this has been destroyed by later developments. The castle was […]