Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/fortifications-by-type

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Quadrangular castle

Type of castle

Quadrangular castle
Summary

Type of castle

[[Bolton Castle]], in England

A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers. There is no keep and frequently no distinct gatehouse. The quadrangular form predominantly dates from the mid to late fourteenth century and signals the transition from defensively to domestically oriented great houses. The four walls are also known as ranges.

Quadrangular castles typically display a sophisticated and complex approach to the planning of internal social spaces. There are many quadrangular castles around the UK, for example: Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, and Bolton Castle.

The 27 quadrangular castles identified by John Rickard as being built in England consist roughly 10% of the castles built in the country between 1272 and 1422. No castles of this design were built in Wales.

One of the earliest quadrangular castles in Germany is Neuleiningen, of which substantial ruins remain.

List of quadrangular castles in the United Kingdom

NameLocationCoordinatesConstructedBuilt forDesigned byHeritage statusImage
Beverston CastleCotswold1225Maurice de Gaunt
Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron BerkeleyanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Beverston Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Bodiam CastleEast Sussex1385Edward DalyngriggeanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Bodiam-castle-10My8-1197.jpgcenter128px]]
Bolton CastleNorth Yorkshire1379Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of BoltonJohn LewynGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Bolton Castle.JPGcenter128px]]
Caverswall CastleStaffordshire Moorlands1275anonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Caverswall Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Cawood CastleNorth Yorkshire1378John KempanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Cawood Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Dorset1370sanonymousscheduled monument
Chillingham CastleNorthumberland1344anonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Chillingham Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Cooling CastleMedway1380sJohn de Cobham, 3rd Baron CobhamHenry YeveleGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Cooling Castle, 2011.jpgcenter128px]]
North Yorkshire1302anonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Danby Castle 1.jpgcenter128px]]
Farleigh Hungerford CastleSomerset1383Thomas HungerfordanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Farleigh Hungerford Castle gate.JPGcenter128px]]
Ford CastleNorthumberland1338anonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Ford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 365306.jpgcenter128px]]
Fyvie CastleAberdeenshire1300sanonymousanonymouscategory A listed building[[File:Fyvie Castle, Geograph.jpgcenter128px]]
Greys CourtSouth Oxfordshire1348John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield
Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys
Baron LovelanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Greys Court.jpgcenter128px]]
Greystoke CastleWestmorland and Furness1353William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron GreystokeanonymousGrade II* listed building[[File:Greystoke Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Hartley CastleWestmorland and Furness1353
Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronetanonymousscheduled monument
Grade II listed building[[File:Hartley Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Hemyock CastleMid Devon1380Margaret and William Asthorpeanonymousscheduled monument
Grade II* listed building[[File:Hemyock Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1491334.jpgcenter128px]]
Hever CastleHever1271anonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Hever Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Inverlochy CastleHighland1270sClan Cumminganonymouscategory B listed building[[File:Inverlochy 1.jpgcenter128px]]
Lumley CastleCounty Durham1389Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron LumleyJohn Lewyn
John VanbrughGrade I listed building[[File:Lumley Castle Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 579104.jpgcenter128px]]
Maxstoke CastleWarwickshire1345William de Clinton, 1st Earl of HuntingdonanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Maxstoke Castle, 2010.jpgcenter128px]]
Moor End CastleNorthamptonshire1347Edward III of England
anonymousscheduled monument
Raby CastleCounty Durham1378House of NevilleJohn LewynGrade I listed building[[File:Raby Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1523038.jpgcenter128px]]
Ravensworth CastleTyne and Wear1350sMarmaduke LumleyanonymousGrade II* listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Ravensworth Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1558897.jpgcenter128px]]
Sheriff Hutton CastleNorth Yorkshire1382John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de RabyJohn LewynGrade II* listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Sheriff hutton castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Shirburn CastleSouth Oxfordshire1377Henry YeveleGrade I listed building[[File:Shirburn-cropped.jpgcenter128px]]
Somerton CastleNorth Kesteven1281Antony BekanonymousGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Somerton Castle-Geograph-1055605-by-Richard-Croft.jpgcenter128px]]
Starborough CastleSurrey1341Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobhamanonymousscheduled monument
Grade II* listed building[[File:Starborough Castle.jpgcenter128px]]
Sudeley CastleGloucestershire1443Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron SudeleyanonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Sudeley Castle from the Cotswolds Way.jpgcenter128px]]
Westenhanger CastleKent
Shepway1343
Edward Poyningsanonymousscheduled monument
Grade I listed building[[File:Westenhanger Castle - geograph.org.uk - 889584.jpgcenter128px]]
Wingfield CastleMid Suffolk1384Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of SuffolkanonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Wingfield Castle - geograph.org.uk - 354164.jpgcenter128px]]
Woodcroft CastleCambridgeshire1280anonymousanonymousGrade II* listed building[[File:WoodcroftCastle.jpgcenter128px]]
Dorset1336
Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron BryananonymousGrade I listed building[[File:Woodsford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 924711.jpgcenter128px]]
Wressle CastleEast Riding of Yorkshire1390sThomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
Henry Percy, 5th Earl of NorthumberlandJohn LewynGrade I listed building
scheduled monument[[File:Wressle-Castle-29042011.jpgcenter128px]]

References

References

  1. Faulkner, P. (1958). "Domestic planning from the 12th to the 14th centuries". [[Archaeological Journal]].
  2. Faulkner, P. (1963). "Castle planning in the fourteenth century". Archaeological Journal.
  3. Rickard, John. (2002). "The castle community: the personnel of English and Welsh castles : 1272 - 1422". Boydell.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

fortifications-by-type castles-by-type
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Quadrangular castle — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report