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Medieval motte and bailey castle with the entrance at the north end of the bailey. Traces of a ditch can be found on the east and west sides.
Built by Hugh Fitz Osbern.
Owned by the Mortimers.
1086 Domesday: Held by Osbern Fitz Richard.
1140’s Built by Osbern Fitz Hugh
1144 After: Possibly built with a shell keep, curtain wall, gatehouse and drawbridge.
12 C Owned by the de Say family.
1223 Henry III granted a licence to William de Stutville to hold a weekly market.
1304 Hugh de Mortimer died and the castle passed to Sir Geoffrey de Cornewall through marriage
1403 Garrisoned against Owain Glyndwr.
1645 Civil War: Held by Sir Michael Woodhouse, a Royalist. Later: Slighted.
17 C Early: H-plan house built within the old keep
1706 Sold to the Harley family who lived in the house.
1870 Abandoned.