Bredwardine Castle

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Bredwardine Castle was sited in the village of Bredwardine, Herefordshire beside the River Wye (grid reference SO335444).

Following the time of the Norman Conquest the manor was granted to John de Bredwardine. It is thought that the castle was built in the second half of the 12th century. By 1227 the castle had become the property of the Baskerville family. In the following century it was held by Hugh de Lacy. It was rebuilt as a fortress during the wars of Stephen and Maud but then dismantled in the reign of Henry II or Henry III. In the middle of the 15th century it was described as being a waste site with no annual value.

The ruined castle and manor passed from the family of Baskerville to the Vaughan family. Roger Vaughan converted the castle and manor into a multi-gabled house. Now traces only of the stone walls of the tower remain.