A quadrangular castle situated within a sandstone valley on the southern side of the River Eden. The castle buildings, which were constructed upon a roughly square, artificial island of 0.8 hectares, survive mainly in the form of buried foundations and associated archaeological remains. The castle is a grade II Listed building, an ancient Monument of […]
Reigate Castle
Castle, established in 1088, fortified in the late 14th century but described as `ruinous’ by 1441, slighted in 1648. A mock medieval gateway was built on the site in 1777. Inner bailey earthworks and traces of the moat can be seen. The site is now a public park and the low mound used as a […]
Guildford Castle
A castle with two baileys surrounded by a ditch is first mentioned in 1173. Built on on a mound, the remains of the late 11th early 12th century polygonal shell keep and the roofless 12th century tower keep can be seen. The keep is said to have been dismantled and the roof taken away in […]
Farnham Castle
The impressive motte and shell keep of a castle founded in 1138 by Bishop Henry of Blois. Long a residence of the wealthy bishops of Winchester, the accommodation in the keep was updated in the 1520s. The keep was abandoned after Civil War service: but much-altered parts of the medieval bishops’ residence remain in private […]
Bletchworth Castle
Remains of a fortified house with later alterations and additions, situated on a sandstone spur which overlooks the western bank of the River Mole. Its north eastern end, built of sandstone and brick, survives in a ruinous state to 9 metres in height, whilst the south western end survives only largely below ground. Historical records […]