Walls, Towers and Gatehouse of the Inner Bailey at Beeston Castle
WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEHOUSE OF THE INNER BAILEY AT BEESTON CASTLE, CASTLE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1330329
- Date first listed:
- 01-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Walls, Towers and Gatehouse of the Inner Bailey at Beeston Castle
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEHOUSE OF THE INNER BAILEY AT BEESTON CASTLE, CASTLE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1330329
- Date first listed:
- 01-Mar-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-Apr-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Walls, Towers and Gatehouse of the Inner Bailey at Beeston Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEHOUSE OF THE INNER BAILEY AT BEESTON CASTLE, CASTLE ROAD
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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:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEHOUSE OF THE INNER BAILEY AT BEESTON CASTLE, CASTLE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Beeston
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 53700 59266
Details
SJ 55 NW BEESTON C.P. (Off) CASTLE ROAD
5/8 Walls, towers and gatehouse of the Inner 1.3.67 Bailey at Beeston Castle. (Formerly listed as Beeston Castle) GV I Walls, gatehouse and towers of inner bailey. c1220 altered late C13/early C14. Built by Ranulf de Blundeville, 7th Earl of Chester. Crudely coursed red sandstone. Roughly rectangular enclosure of which approximately half is now demolished. Entrance front: central gateway with D-shaped towers with lateral arrow slits and central pointed gate-arch with rebate. The left-hand turret has the voussoirs of a blocked pointed arch to the lower wall. To the left is curtain walling with the lower courses of a further D-shaped tower. To the right is a similar stretch of walling roughly repaired with rubble at its centre with a D-shaped tower slightly to the left of the right hand corner. The right hand (eastern) wall has a similar D-shaped tower to the centre of the wall.
On the death of Ranulf de Blundeville's nephew the castle passed to the Crown. In the late C13 and early C14 Edward I carried out modernising alterations including raising the height of the inner bailey walls and crenellating them. By the late C16 Leland described the castle as "shattered and ruinous". In 1643 it was partially repaired and occupied by parliamentary troops and taken by Royalist forces in the same year. It was partially demolished in 1646 to prevent its repeated use as a stronghold. Archaeological evidence of Bronze and Iron age settlements on the site has been found.
Listing NGR: SJ5370659267
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 55798
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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