Cheveley Castle
Cheveley Castle was a medieval fortified manor house near Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, England.
| Cheveley Castle | |
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| Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, England | |
  Cheveley Castle | |
| Coordinates | 52.22441°N 0.45630°E |
| Type | Fortified manor house in an Edwardian style |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Only limited masonry survives |
| Site history | |
| Materials | Stone |
Details
Cheveley Castle was built by Sir John Pulteney, a merchant-financier and Lord Mayor of London, around 1341 on the outskirts of the village of Cheveley.[1] The castle was built in an Edwardian style, with four circular towers, gatehouse and a bailey wall, on an elaborate moated site north-west of the village. It is the only castle of its type to have been built in Cambridgeshire, and was probably intended less for defence than as a high-status hunting lodge - in the 14th century, Cheveley was at the centre of a deer park. The moat at Cheveley may have inspired other, similar moated designs across the eastern region.[2]
The castle deteroriated after the early 17th-century, and today only limited masonry remains exist on the site, which is a scheduled monument.[3]
Bibliography
- Creighton, Oliver Hamilton. (2005) Castles and Landscapes: Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England. London: Equinox. ISBN 978-1-904768-67-8.
References
- Cheveley: Manors and estate, A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 10: Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (north-eastern Cambridgeshire) (2002). Accessed: 20 May 2011.
- Creighton, p.195.
- Cheveley Castle, Gatehouse website, accessed 20 May 2011.