Woodcroft Castle

Woodcroft Castle
Cambridgeshire, England

Woodcroft Castle
Shown within Cambridgeshire
Type Converted Edwardian castle
Coordinates grid reference TF140045
Construction
materials		 Stone
Events The English Civil War

Woodcroft Castle is a converted medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.

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History

Woodcroft Castle was built at the end of the 13th century near the town of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.[1] Named after the Woodcroft family who owned it at around this time, the medieval remains of the castle today include a front, a circular tower and a gatehouse.[2] There is debate as to whether the original castle followed a normal Edwardian quadrilateral design, of which most has since been lost, or if it was simply never fully completed.[3] A later Tudor conversion retained these medieval elements into the current design.[4] Woodcroft Castle was held by the Royalists during the English Civil War and was successfully attacked and taken by Parliamentary forces in 1648.[5] Today, the castle is a Grade II* listed building.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Pettifer, p.168.
  2. ^ Pettifer, p.168.
  3. ^ Pettifer, p.168; Woodcroft Castle, The Gatehouse, accessed 21 April 2011.
  4. ^ Pettifer, p.168.
  5. ^ Pettifer, p.168.
  6. ^ Woodcroft Castle, The Gatehouse, accessed 21 April 2011.