List of Castles in England - Herefordshire

Herefordshire

See also: Map of castles in Herefordshire

Castles of which little or no traces remain include:

  • Almeley Castle
  • Ashton Castle
  • Bredwardine Castle
  • Bronsil Castle
  • Colwall Castle
  • Dorstone Castle
  • Eardisland Castle
  • Eardisley Castle
  • Edvin Loach Castle
  • Ewyas Harold Castle†
  • Hereford Castle
  • Huntington Castle
  • Kilpeck Castle
  • Kingsland Castle
  • Kington Castle
  • Lingen Castle
  • Lyonshall Castle
  • Much Marcle Castle
  • Newcourt Tump (Bacton)
  • Newton Tump (Clifford)
  • Orcop Castle
  • Penyard Castle
  • Pipe Aston Castle
  • Richard's Castle
  • Stapleton Castle
  • Urishay Castle
  • Wacton Castle
  • Walford Castle
  • Walterstone Castle

† Ewyas Harold Castle is recorded in the Domesday Book and was probably built c. 1048.

Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes
Brampton Bryan Castle Castle 1201 !13–14th century Ruins Private Gatehouse survives.
Clifford Castle Motte and bailey 1001 !11–13th century Fragments Private Building At Risk.
Croft Castle Quadrangular castle 1301 !14th century Rebuilt ENT ! Converted to a 16/17th-century house.
Downton Castle Neo-romantic castle 1774 !c. 1774–78 Intact Private Altered and extended in 1860–70.
Eastnor Castle Neo-romantic castle 1811 !1811–20 Intact HH ! By Robert Smirke.
Goodrich Castle Concentric castle 1101 !12–13th century Ruins EH ! Partly demolished during English Civil War.
Hampton Court Fortified manor house 1427 !1427 Intact HH ! Remodelled in 1830–40s.
Kentchurch Court Fortified manor house 1301 !14th century Fragment HH ! Medieval tower and gateway survive, remainder largely rebuilt by Nash 1795–1807.
Kinnersley Castle Castle 1301 !Medieval Rebuilt HH ! 16–17th-century house on the site of a medieval castle.
Longtown Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–13th century Fragmentary ruins EH ! Circular keep.
Pembridge Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–13th century Partly habitable Private Reconstructed 20th century.
Snodhill Castle Keep and bailey 1001 !11–14th century Fragmentary ruins HAL !
Treago Castle Fortified manor house 1401 !15–16th century Restored Private Altered in the 17–19th centuries.
Wigmore Castle Keep and bailey 1001 !11–14th century Fragmentary ruins EH ! Partly dismantled in 1643.
Wilton Castle Castle 1201 !13th century Fragmentary ruins HC ! Remains incorporated in a 19th-century house.

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