Northborough Castle Farmhouse | |
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Cambridgeshire, England | |
![]() The gatehouse to Northborough Castle | |
Coordinates | 52°39′21″N 0°17′59″W / 52.6557°N 0.2998°W |
Grid reference | grid reference TF151078 |
Type | Fortified manor house |
Site history | |
Materials | Rubble masonry and dressed masonry [1] |
Northborough Manor House, also known as Northborough Hall or Northborough Castle Farmhouse, is a medieval fortified manor house, and Grade I listed building in the village of Northborough in Cambridgeshire, England. [1] [2] [3]
Northborough Castle was built between 1333 and 1336 by Roger Northburgh, the Bishop of Lichfield; of the original manor, only the gatehouse and the hall still survive. [4] [2] The result, according to historian Anthony Emery, was "one of the finest" fortified manors in Cambridgeshire. [5] The gatehouse is dominated by a huge gateway, which, whilst it did not have a drawbridge or portcullis, provided considerable protection to the manor behind it. [6] The hall typified the 14th century fashion for improved lighting, with bay windows placed regularly along the line of the hall, and was decorated with wall paintings. [7] Some 16th and 17th-century extensions to the castle were made. [3]
The manor was sold to James Claypole in 1565, and sold to Lord Fitzwilliam in 1681. It was reputedly visited by Oliver Cromwell. [2] In the 1970s it was purchased by garden book author Roy Genders. [8] Today, the gatehouse is available for holiday lets, and the manor is open is visitors by appointment. [9]
Northborough Castle Farmhouse | |
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Cambridgeshire, England | |
![]() The gatehouse to Northborough Castle | |
Coordinates | 52°39′21″N 0°17′59″W / 52.6557°N 0.2998°W |
Grid reference | grid reference TF151078 |
Type | Fortified manor house |
Site history | |
Materials | Rubble masonry and dressed masonry [1] |
Northborough Manor House, also known as Northborough Hall or Northborough Castle Farmhouse, is a medieval fortified manor house, and Grade I listed building in the village of Northborough in Cambridgeshire, England. [1] [2] [3]
Northborough Castle was built between 1333 and 1336 by Roger Northburgh, the Bishop of Lichfield; of the original manor, only the gatehouse and the hall still survive. [4] [2] The result, according to historian Anthony Emery, was "one of the finest" fortified manors in Cambridgeshire. [5] The gatehouse is dominated by a huge gateway, which, whilst it did not have a drawbridge or portcullis, provided considerable protection to the manor behind it. [6] The hall typified the 14th century fashion for improved lighting, with bay windows placed regularly along the line of the hall, and was decorated with wall paintings. [7] Some 16th and 17th-century extensions to the castle were made. [3]
The manor was sold to James Claypole in 1565, and sold to Lord Fitzwilliam in 1681. It was reputedly visited by Oliver Cromwell. [2] In the 1970s it was purchased by garden book author Roy Genders. [8] Today, the gatehouse is available for holiday lets, and the manor is open is visitors by appointment. [9]