List of Castles in England - Shropshire

Shropshire

See also: Map of castles in Shropshire

Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:

  • Apley Castle
  • Belan Bank (Kinnerley)
  • Bishop's Castle
  • Bryn Amlwg Castle
  • Buckhurst Castle
  • Bucknell Castle
  • Caus Castle
  • Charlton Castle
  • Cleobury Castle
  • Clungunford Castle
  • Colebatch Castle
  • Corfham Castle
  • Ellesmere Castle
  • Hodnet Castle
  • Holdgate Castle
  • Knockin Castle
  • Lea Castle
  • Little Ness Castle
  • Middlehope Castle
  • Minton Castle
  • Myddle Castle
  • Oswestry Castle
  • Pulverbatch Castle
  • Rushbury Castle
  • Ruyton-XI-Towns Castle
  • Shrawardine Castle
  • Stapleton Castle
  • The Beacon (Bretchel)
  • Tong Castle
  • Tyrley Castle
  • West Felton Castle
  • Wilcott Castle
  • Wollaston Castle
  • Yockleton Castle
Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes
Acton Burnell Castle Fortified manor house 1201 !13th century Ruins EH ! Shell, used as a barn in the 18th century.
Alberbury Castle Castle 1201 !13th century Fragmentary remains HAL !
Bridgnorth Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12th century Fragmentary remains HC ! Slighted in 1645.
Broncroft Castle Fortified manor house 1301 !14th century Intact Private Renovated in the 19th century.
Cheney Longville Castle Fortified manor house 1301 !14–17th century Part habitable Private Building At Risk.
Clun Castle Keep and bailey 1201 !13th century Fragmentary remains EH ! Ruins of keep built onto side of motte.
Hopton Castle Keep and bailey 1301 !14th century Ruins HC !
Ludlow Castle Keep and bailey 1001 !11–14th century Ruins HC !
Earl of Powis
One of the great Welsh border castles.
Moreton Corbet Castle Keep 1101 !12th century Fragmentary remains EH ! Adjoining ruins of a 16th-century building.
Quatford Castle Neo-romantic castle 1830 !c. 1830 Intact Private Nearby are earthwork remains of the medieval Quatford Castle.
Red Castle Castle 1201 !13th century Fragmentary remains. HC ! Adapted as a feature of Hawkstone Park, an 18th-century landscape garden. Building At Risk.
Rowton Castle Sham castle 1701 !18–19th century Intact Hotel On site of medieval castle, remodelled in 1809–12 by George Wyatt.
Shrewsbury Castle Castle 1101 !12th century Rebuilt HM !
Shropshire Council
Restored and extended in 1642, altered c. 1790 by Telford.
Stokesay Castle Fortified manor house 1201 !13–14th century Intact EH ! Restored in the 19th century.
Wattlesborough Castle Castle 1201 !13–14th century Fragment Private Near Rowton, keep/tower survives, adjoining Wattlesborough Hall.
Whittington Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–13th century Fragments HC !
Local community
Gatehouse towers survive.

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