The ruins, earthwork and buried remains of the moated site known as Caludon Castle no within Caludon Castle Park, one of Coventry’s Formal Parks. It is a pleasant stretch of open grassland, with a Children’s Playground. Caludon Castle lies 3½ miles N.E. from Coventry, near where the Wyken road separates from the main road to […]
Baginton Castle
Also known as Bagot’s Castle, the standing and buried remains of Baginton or Bagot’s Castle probably built circa 1397 by Sir William Bagot. Bagot’s tower keep castle was built on the site of an earlier motte castle, by the 16th century Baginton castle was in ruins and by the 18th century only the moat and […]
Astley Castle
Now in the hands of the Landmark Trust, Astley Castle is undergoing restoration. Ruins of a country house, surrounded by a moat and defensive wall. Originally a 13th and 14th century fortified house, licenced in 1266, it was altered in the 15th to 17th centuries and remodelled as a country house circa 1820. The bridge, […]
Woodcroft Castle
Part of a moated and fortified manor house, built in the late 13th century. The west range and a circular corner tower survive, with a later wing adjoining to the north east. Now a farmhouse. (Pastscape) The castle is a private residence and mot open to the public. It was sold in January 2004 for […]
Thorpe Waterville Castle
Castle crenellated in 1301 by Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield. The existing building, early 14th century and now used as a barn, was the great hall of the castle and originally two storeys. The upper room floor has gone but the open roof displays magnificent timber work of tie-bean construction. The building has a […]