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The view along the renewed
walk-way towards the north-west tower. Military architecture
has technical terms for everything - walk-ways on castle
curtain walls are known as allures. |
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Pigeon holes in the eastern tower.
In 1324
the inquiry into the property of
John de Grey at the time of his death
include the
following
'And they say that there is there a
certain castle with an outer court with two gardens, one
courtyard and one pigeon house which are worth per year 16s 8d'
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In the 16th century the Brydges built a house on the site
of the castle's southern curtain wall.
During the Civil War
Sir John Brydges was reluctant to take sides and concerned
himself with conflicts in Ireland. |
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Because of this, leading local Royalists Henry Lingen and
Sir John Scudamore burned the house down in 1642,
Silas Taylor
described it as 'a very fayre sweet dwelling house of Sir John
Bridges wch in ancient times was a castle'. |
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Looking west along the southern side of the monument.
Behind the medieval tower is the stairwell tower of the
Tudor house. Beyond this is the 19th century house. |
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The remains of the gate tower which also originally contained
the castle's main accommodation. |
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The most recent of the buildings
of the site are currently being renovated. |
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