More information : [SU 3196 9347] Shellingford Castle [GT] (site of) Castle [GT]. (1) The Manor house of Shellingford, described by Lysons as an ancient stone building "called, it does not appear for what reason, Shellingford Castle" has now disappeared,(3), but foundations of the house were pointed out to W. Money some years before 1910. He refers to the buildings as Shellingford Castle(4). An early sixteenth century range of buildings southwest of the Church, and now converted into cottages, is probably the remains of the manor house offices(5)(6). (3-6) There are no remains of "Shellingford Castle", and the site is now occupied by a farmyard and a grass plot. The cottages to the S.W. of the church have been much altered and retain little of 16th c. date or interest. A water-colour by Buckler (1818) of Shellingford Castle is in the Bodleian Library. This shows a 16th c. house of 2 storeys with gables containing attic windows. The S.W. face has 3 gables and the S.E. face 4 gables. The painting shows the frontage of the house to be flush with the N.E. end of the above mentioned cottages and the house would therefore be centred at SU 3197 9348. (7)
Shellingford was a principal demesne manor of Abingdon Abbey estates in 1086. It produced cheese. Fishpond earthworks have been recognised but no documentation has yet been traced. There were two manors here, one of which was Shellingford Newbury. There is documentary evidence only for a dovecote and a corn mill. (8)
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