Remains of Benington Castle (In Grounds of the Lordship 15 Metres to South East of House)
REMAINS OF BENINGTON CASTLE (IN GROUNDS OF THE LORDSHIP 15 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE), CHURCH GREEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1175349
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of Benington Castle (In Grounds of the Lordship 15 Metres to South East of House)
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF BENINGTON CASTLE (IN GROUNDS OF THE LORDSHIP 15 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE), CHURCH GREEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1175349
- Date first listed:
- 24-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Remains of Benington Castle (In Grounds of the Lordship 15 Metres to South East of House)
- Statutory Address 1:
- REMAINS OF BENINGTON CASTLE (IN GROUNDS OF THE LORDSHIP 15 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE), CHURCH GREEN
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- REMAINS OF BENINGTON CASTLE (IN GROUNDS OF THE LORDSHIP 15 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE), CHURCH GREEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Benington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 29680 23633
Details
Benington TL 2923 BENINGTON CHURCH GREEN (north side)
11/11 Remains of Benington Castle (in grounds of the 24.11.66 Lordship 15m to SE of house)
GV I
Ruined keep of medieval ringwork castle. 1130's for the de Valognes family, slighted in 1176/7 by Henry II, garrisoned again in 1192/3, destroyed 1212 after Robert Fitz Walter was outlawed. Flint rubble walls 7 - 8 ft thick with some herringbone-coursed flint facing and oolitic limestone quoins and plinth offset of dressed stone with diagonal tooling, exposed on exterior N wall. A small square stone tower about 44 feet x 41 feet with pilaster buttresses at the middle and ends of each face. A small square NE annexe may be original. Demolition involved removal of one side entirely. S wall is reduced to footings and W wall ends at a door jamb. Other walls stand to some 9 foot. A fallen mass of masonry lies on the NE annexe and an imitation Norman doorway was inserted c1842. Of unusual interest. Ancient Monument. (RCHM (1911) 51-2: VCH (1912) 73-4: Pevsner (1977) 94: Renn D Medieval Castles in Hertfordshire Chichester (1971) 7, 14).
Listing NGR: TL2968023633
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159599
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, A, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1912), 73-74
Renn, D, Medieval Castles in Hertfordshire, (1971), 7, 14
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 94
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 21 Hertfordshire,
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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