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Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EAW016520 / 856773)
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Barnwell Castle - 6 Well Lane, Barnwell, Northamptonshire PE8 5PS
Grade 1 listed building and scheduled monument - English Heritage Building ID: 232573
The castle is privately owned and access is not permitted.
Monument listing - Formal gardens to Barnwell Castle, laid out from 1913 to the 1920s by Horace Czarnikov, incorporating a raised walk constructed circa 1613 by Thomas Drew.
Castle Listing:
Castle. Built about 1266 by Berenger Le Moyne; some building work may have taken place within the castle during C16:-
In 1568, Sir Edward Montagu founded a Tudor manor house, in the outer court and demolished all the buildings within the courtyard.
Entrance front, to east, has gate-house, to far left of curtain wall, with flanking semi-circular towers.
The towers and curtain walls were originally
probably higher and would have had a castellated parapet. The building date of 1266 is derived from a Jury statement of 1276 which records that Berenger Le Moyne had built a castle 10 years earlier.
The castle was probably used as a farmyard during C18 and C19 with access through the break in the west curtain wall.
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