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Monument Number 52655
Hob Uid: 52655
Location : Leeds Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE3422028270
Summary : Ruins of a castle or fortified manor house, extant in the 14th century but ruinous by 1486. A timber framed house built on the site after 1487 was dismantled in 1977.
More information : [SE 3422 2827] ROTHWELL CASTLE [G.T.] (Remains of) [T.I.] (1) A small castle or fortified manor house built by Ilbert de Lacy (11th century). Fragments of walling remain. (2-3) Only a weathered and irregular column of rubble masonry, apparently the remains of a newel stairway, survive. A large amount of building debris is visible in the ploughed land surrounding it but no ground plan can be deduced. These are no earthworks associated with the structure. See GP AO.63.189.4. (4) There was a substantial stone-built, manor-house at Rothwell in 1341, which served as the principle administrative centre for the northern half of the honour of Pontefract, but this was recorded as ruinous in 1485. In 1487 it was leased by Henry VII to Roger Hopton on condition that he erect a hall and parlour with chamber and kitchen; a single bay of this later, timber-framed house was dismantled by West Yorks County Arch. Unit in 1977. (5) SE 343283. Rothwell Castle and additional area. Scheduled. (6-7) Listed as a possible castle by Cathcart King. (8)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956.
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Source details : Batty, J, 1877. History of Rothwell (43 118)
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Source details : Pevsner, N, 1959. Buildings of England: Yorks West Riding (423)
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Source details : F1 RL 21-NOV-63
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Source details : West Yorks Archaeol Survey 2 1981 488 (ed M L Faull & S A Moorhouse)
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Source details : DOE (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England 1978 75
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Source details : DOE (IAM) Record Form 9.8.76
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1341
Monument End Date : 1341
Monument Start Date : 1341
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House, Castle
Evidence : Demolished Building, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built after 1487
Monument End Date : 1487
Monument Start Date : 1487
Monument Type : Timber Framed House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Dismantled in 1977
Monument End Date : 1977
Monument Start Date : 1977
Monument Type : Timber Framed House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WY 1172
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 32 NW 4
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-11-21
End Date : 1963-11-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 2003-01-01
End Date : 2004-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 52655