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HER Number (PRN):13186
Name:Alberbury Castle, remains of, Alberbury
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Alberbury
Listed Building (II) 1175344: ALBERBURY CASTLE, REMAINS OF

Monument Type(s):

  • CASTLE (probably, 13th century - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)

Summary

The remains of a probably 13th century castle, which is protected by Grade II Listing.

Parish:Alberbury with Cardeston, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ31SE
Grid Reference:SJ 3580 1439

Related records

00270Part of: Alberbury Castle (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA8727 - 2018 Heritage at Risk Survey by Historic England
  • ESA8621 - 2015 Heritage at Risk Survey by Historic England
  • ESA8361 - 2016 Heritage at Risk Survey by Historic England
  • ESA8362 - 2017 Heritage at Risk Survey by Historic England
  • ESA9067 - 2019 Heritage at Risk Survey by Historic England

Description

Castle, remains of. Probably early C13, for Fulk Fitz Warin (III). Coursed Alberbury breccia with red sandstone dressings and evidence of former limewashing. Remains of 2-storey keep to south-west (probably formerly with first-floor hall),and irregularly-shaped bailey to north-east bounded by wall approximately 175 metres long, 3 metres high, and one metre wide. Keep: very ruinous, with remains of internal first-floor cill string; round- and pointed-arched openings. Walling: battered lower stages with remains of diagonal buttress to north-west and section of chamfered plinth to west; C19 doorway to churchyard at the north-east corner with pointed chamfered arch and nail-studded boarded door with strap hinges; pointed-arched doorway to east with boarded door, round rear-arch with rounded reveals and "1646" inscribed on tympanum; C19 doorway to west with moulded pointed arch and boarded door. Ralph the Fat is the first recorded tenant of the Manor of Alberbury. Fulk Fitz Warin (I) probably succeeded him. The castle forms part of a close group in the village centre with the church (qv) and the garden walls adjoining to the south (qv). County A. M. No. 18. VCH, Vol. VIII, pp195-6; County SMR, no. 270 <2>

Photographed during aerial survey in 2009. <5>

Another stone castle, probably of the 13th century (there is no surviving dateable detail, or at least none is visible), with no earthworks to suggest earlier origin. <6>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 13186.
[01]SSA3081 - List of Buildings: Ministry of Housing and Local Government. 1949/ 1973. Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Atcham Rural District). Provisional List. p2.
[02]SSA2238 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1986-Mar-18. 41st List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1101-0. List volume. p14.
[03]SSA22465 - Monograph: Cranage D H S. 1906. An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire Vol 6. Vol 6. p517.
[04]SSA23518 - Monograph: Newman J & Pevsner N. 2006. Buildings of England: Shropshire. Buildings of England. P102.
[05]SSA25651 - Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2009-Apr-5. SA0908_7 and SA0908_10 (2 photos) Flight: 09_SA_08. Colour. Digital.
[06]SSA4084 - Article in serial: Spurgeon C J & King D J C. 1965. The Mottes in the Vale of Montgomery. Archaeologia Cambrensis. Vol 114. p.82.
Date Last Edited:Dec 4 2023 11:52AM

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