Listed Building: REMAINS OF GREASLEY CASTLE (5.8.1)

Please read our .

Grade II
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 429409
Date assigned 09 September 1987
Date last amended

Description

Remains of castle, c.1341. Altered C19 and C20. Rebuilt and with additions, late C19. Coursed and squared rubble and brick, with slate and corrugated asbestos sheet roofs, some steep pitched. Single gable stack. Single storey with lofts. U-plan around yard. Site bounded by dry moat. Barn on east side has adjoining C20 lean-to cowshed. To its right, projection with catslide roof. Beyond, brick steps to door, and beyond again, double door and a rubble buttress. Above, square blocked opening. West side has 2 C20 garage doors and to their right, casement flanked by single blocked doors, and beyond, a larger casement. Above, a central casement. South gable has C20 sliding door. Stable range, C19, to north, has blank rubble wall. To south, off-centre garage door and 2 stable doors and 4 casements. Stables and cowsheds to west, 12 bays, have on west side, to left, gable with splayed corner containing chamfered doorway with segmental head. To its right, mullioned casement. Above it, ashlar asterisk. Beyond, to right, C19 stable, 2 bays, with 2 casements to north and 3 doors to south. To its right, rubble boundary wall with gabled ashlar coping. Beyond, 3 casements. East side has to left, 4 bay cartshed and to right, passageway flanked by stable doors and casements. This group of buildings incorporates the remains of Greasley Castle. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 34. (NCC/js)

External Links (0)

Sources (0)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 49103 47116 (41m by 37m)
Map sheet SK44NE
District Broxtowe
Civil Parish Greasley, Broxtowe

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.