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Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire.It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle (some of which still survives) founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from whom it passed to their de Verdun heirs, who retained feudal overlordship of ...
In 1291, he received a licence from the King to strengthen his manor house with a stone wall and to crenellate the property which subsequently became known as Stokesay Castle. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By the 1290s, Ludlow was leading a consortium of the most powerful English wool merchants and in 1294, was responsible for the introduction of an export duty ...
The castle viewed from the churchyard Stokesay is famous for Stokesay Castle , a fortified manor house and one of the best preserved and oldest examples of the type in the country. The hamlet, which even today comprises just a church , a working farm and a few houses, was previously known as simply Stoke , a widespread English placename meaning ...
Stokesay Castle, gatehouse and walls 1391–1400 This is a fortified house, and the gatehouse was added in the 17th century. The house is in sandstone with some timber framing, and has a stone-tile roof.
Hiester is best known for his construction of Stokesay Castle on Mount Penn in Reading. Designed in 1932 by his cousin, architect Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, founder of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, Stokesay was built to resemble the castle of the same name in England. Intended as a wedding gift for his wife, it served as his private ...
Stokesay Castle was constructed at the end of the 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, who at the time was one of the richest men in England. It remains the finest and best-preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. Date: 25 August 2016, 12:24: Source: Stokesay Castle, Shropshire: Author: Amanda Slater from Coventry, West Midlands, UK
The town is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market town for the surrounding rural area, with a number of shops, estate agents, a supermarket, an abattoir and many commercial/light industrial businesses.
The solar was almost ubiquitous among late castles across the British Isles, such as Broughton Castle, in Oxfordshire, [3] and Stokesay Castle in Shropshire. [4] In the medieval house of Great Dixter, in East Sussex, it consists of three rooms and a fireplace from the late 15th century. [5] In Windsor Castle its walls are painted green with ...