Building record M13549 - Castle Farm with attached farmyard and outbuildings

Summary

FARMHOUSE (Georgian to Late 20th Century); FOLLY (Georgian to Late 20th Century); CART SHED (Georgian to Late 20th Century); WALL (Georgian to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 57587 77071 (92m by 86m)
Map sheet SK57NE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Worksop, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

In Gothic style. Designed in 1758 by the Duchess [of Norfolk], obviously no mean amateur architect. (1)
Farmstead named. (2)
Farmhouse and garden folly. Reputedly designed by the Duchess of Norfolk with the assistance of James Paine. High boundary walls. Lean-to cart sheds. (3)
1760, Vast Gothic eye-catcher still standing. Designer/Architect = The Duchess Mary Blount. (4)
Castle Farm (farmhouse and walls enclosing farmyard). A mid-18th century two-storey house with ashlar battlemented walls, flat roof and extensive single-storey wings, including later work. Rectangular farmyard south-east of the farmhouse, enclosed on three sides by tall battlemented stone walls of coursed rubble. Grade 2*. (5)


Listed Buildings Slides, (Photograph). SNT2648.

03/08/98, Castle Farm House, Castle Farm Lane (Plan). SNT3352.

17/03/98, Castle Farm House, Worksop Manor Estate (Plan). SNT3340.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 392 (Monograph). SNT4.

<2> Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<3> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<4> English Heritage, 1987, Thematic Survey of Planned and Model Farms, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT5695.

<5> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • --- Photograph: Listed Buildings Slides. .
  • --- Plan: 17/03/98. Castle Farm House, Worksop Manor Estate. 3.
  • --- Plan: 03/08/98. Castle Farm House, Castle Farm Lane. 4.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 392.
  • <2> Map: Sanderson G. 1835. 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in.
  • <3> Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
  • <4> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1987. Thematic Survey of Planned and Model Farms, Nottinghamshire.
  • <5> Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

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Record last edited

Oct 15 2026 11:09AM

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