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Caldwell Hall
Hob Uid: 116423
Location : Worcestershire Wyre Forest Kidderminster
Grid Ref : SO8308676227
Summary : Octagonal tower with a cellar, built in the late 15th/early 16th century. The only extant remains of Caldwell Castle. Documentary evidence indicates that there was a small castle or fortified manor house here, possibly dating from the 12th century. Excavations between 1961 and 1964 recovered phases dating from the 13th to 20th centuries.
More information : (SO 83077622) Castle (NR) (remains of). (1) Only one 15th century stone tower of the medieval Caldwell Castle now remains. Literary references suggest occupation from the end of the 12th century onwards, and the site is possibly that of the manor of Sudwael, listed in Domesday Book. Excavation by C I Walker in 1961 and 1964 on the site of recently demolished 17th brick additions called Caldwall Hall, uncovered a sequence of building phases from the 13th to the 20th centuries. (2-4) SO 8376 Coldwall Hall, Castle Road, Kidderminster is a late 15th/early 16th two storey octagonal tower with cellarage. This apparently is a fragment of a small castle or fortified manor house. Grade 2*. (5) Cathart King refers to this as a 'sham-fortified tower'. (6)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Source details : OS 1:1250 1968
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Source : Council for British Archaeology Group 8: West Midlands Research Committees reports
Source details : (CI Walker)
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Source Number : 3
Source : Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology
Source details : (Wilson & Hurst)
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Source Number : 4
Source : The Victoria history of the county of Worcester: volume three
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Source Number : 5
Source : List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest
Source details : DOE (HHR) Wyre Forest Here & Worcs Jan 1980 7
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Source Number : 6
Source : Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C12 origin
Monument End Date : 1199
Monument Start Date : 1100
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House, Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Late C15/early C16
Monument End Date : 1532
Monument Start Date : 1467
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House, Tower
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 37925
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 156422
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 87 NW 1
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities : Primary, CALDWELL/CALDWALL HALL & CASTLE
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1961-01-01
End Date : 1969-12-31

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Caldwell Hall