Leybourne Castle
Leybourne Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Leybourne between West Malling and Larkfield in the English county of Kent .
The two semicircular bastions of the gatehouse with its two towers of the castle built in 1275 have been preserved and have been integrated into a farmhouse from the Tudor period . This farmhouse was significantly rebuilt around 1930. The ring-shaped earthworks of the original castle have been preserved to this day . An extensive curtain wall existed until the 18th century, but none of it has survived today.
The farmhouse has English Heritage as a historical building II *. Grade listed.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leybourne Castle . English Heritage. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
Web links and sources
- Leybourne Castle . Gatehouse Gazetteer.
- Leybourne Castle . ECastles.co.uk.
- A History of of Leybourne Castle . VisionWebsites.co.uk.
- Leybourne Castle . Pastscape. Historic England. English Heritage.
- Leybourne Castle . Images of England. Historic England. English Heritage.
- Leybourne Castle, Kent, Plate 1 . FromOldBooks.org.
Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′ 15.8 ″ N , 0 ° 25 ′ 15.2 ″ E