Woodcroft Castle
Woodcroft Castle is a castle in the parish of Etton in the English county of Cambridgeshire .
history
Woodcroft Castle was built near the town of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire in the late 13th century . It is named after the Woodcroft family who owned the property at the time. The entrance facade, a round tower and the gatehouse are still preserved from this medieval castle . There is no consensus on whether the original castle was an Edwardian four-sided construction, which has largely disappeared since then, or whether it was never completed. These medieval elements were integrated in a later renovation in the Tudor style .
Woodcroft Castle was held by the Royalists during the English Civil War and then successfully attacked and captured by the Parliamentarists in 1648 .
today
Today the castle is a historical building of the 2nd degree.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5 . P. 168. Accessed online December 20, 2016.
- ↑ a b Woodcroft Castle . Gatehouse Gazetteer. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 34.7 ″ N , 0 ° 19 ′ 1.9 ″ W.