Pembridge Castle
| Pembridge Castle | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Pembridge Castle | |
| Type: | Bailey |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO488192 |
| Location: | 51°52’11"N, 2°44’41"W |
| Village: | Welsh Newton |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Private |
Pembridge Castle, originally called Newland Castle, is a late-12th-century to early-13th-century Grade-I listed castle located approximately a mile north-west of Welsh Newton in Herefordshire.[1]
It was most likely constructed by Matilda de St Valery sometime before 1208. It is over 25 miles away from the actual village of Pembridge.[2] Founded by 1208, it was the seat of the Pembridge family, then later the Wakes and Mortimer families in the 14th and 15th centuries. The chapel is 16th century and was ruined in 1644 during the Civil War. Much reconstruction of the castle was undertaken in the early 20th century by a Dr Hedley Bartlett. It remains in private ownership.
The castle sits on a 40yd x 30yd plot of land and is surrounded by a moat. It is constructed of ashlar, sandstone and rubble walls. The curtain wall surrounding the castle is 4ft 8in thick. The earliest part of the castle, thought to be the keep, is the four story round tower on the western corner. The internal diameter of the tower is 24ft 8in and the internal rooms of the tower are 16ft wide.[1]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Castle Description from 'Castles of Herefordshire'
- ↑ Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8
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