More information : (TF 14000450) Woodcroft Castle (NR) (1)
Woodcroft Castle Grade II 13th c formerly a fortified manor house rising out of a moat. Consists of flanking two-storey wings with three storey central tower and segmental arched entrance. Mainly ashlar stone.(2,2a)
Woodcroft Castle. One of the towers and much of the original L 13th c front remain. The interior has been much altered. Surrounded by a moat. (3)
Published survey (25") of moat correct. The "castle" is now used as a farmhouse and is in good condition. Permission to photograph refused. (4)
Woodcroft Castle. Inhabited fragment of late C13 castle on a moated site, and with additions and alterations. What remains is the west side of the original building with a central gateway and a circular tower at the north end. There was probably a courtyard at the centre and the 3 other sides and the associated corner towers are no longer standing. Ashlar. West front has central 3-storey gateway with wide double-chamfered segmental arched entrance, and flanking 2½ storey 3-bay wings. On the north end is a 3-storey circular corner tower rising from the moat. The tower, gateway and attic storeys have single-light windows with shouldered heads set in chamfered recesses. The rest of the windows are mainly 2-, 3- or 4-light stone mullion windows with straight heads and arched lights. Moulded string courses at floor levels. L-shaped on plan with short early Tudor wing to north-east.
Interior: has large medieval fireplace. The Rev Dr Michael Hudson, Chaplain to Charles I took part in the defence of the castle against Parliamentary troops in 1649. (5)
Additional reference (6)
Part of a weak stone castle built about 1280, quadrangular in plan with one round tower and a roughly square gatehouse. (7) |