Apley Castle

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Converted stables with remains of the original castle

Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor house and moat in the village of Hadley near Wellington in the English county of Shropshire .

history

In the early 14th century, the manor belonged to the Charlton family , who were among the major landowners in the area. In 1327 Sir Alan Charlton received permission to fortify his mansion (English: "License to crenellate"). The construction work was carried out soon afterwards, creating a building with a square floor plan around a central courtyard. Charlton's descendants had the castle significantly expanded into an Elizabethan mansion at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century , using gray ashlar .

In 1642 the castle fell to Thomas Hammer , who married Francis Charlton . When the English Civil War broke out , Hammer, who supported the royalists , had his manor fortified, making it a valuable fortress near Shrewsbury . Spurred on by Francis' younger brother, parliamentary forces ransacked the house during the war: £ 1,500 damage was done and the lead from the roof was stolen and used for Shrewsbury Castle .

A second mansion, also called Apley Castle, was built for the Charltons in 1791–1794 and the repaired old castle served as stables for this building. This new mansion was demolished in 1955 and its stables fell into disrepair. In 1996 these stables with their medieval elements were restored and converted into a private residence. The property was designated a Historic Building II * by English Heritage . Grade listed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c James D. Mackenzie: The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure . tape II. . Macmillan, New York 1896, pp. 125 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . tape 2 : East Anglia, Central England and Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-58131-1 , pp. 507 (English, excerpts in GoogleBooks [accessed March 7, 2020]).
  3. ^ Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . tape 2 : East Anglia, Central England and Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-58131-1 , pp. 506–507 (English, excerpts in GoogleBooks [accessed March 7, 2020]).
  4. ^ Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . tape 2 : East Anglia, Central England and Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-58131-1 , pp. 507–508 (English, excerpts in GoogleBooks [accessed March 7, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Apley Castle Park - It's a special case. (PDF) Apley Preservation Association, 2007, archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; accessed on November 26, 2015 (English).
  6. ↑ Apley Castle. In: Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ 54.7 "  N , 2 ° 30 ′ 43.9"  W.