Benington Castle

Benington Castle folly

Benington Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Benington, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire at grid reference TL296236. It is a scheduled ancient monument.^[1]

It was built as a motte and bailey fortress in the late 11th or early 12th century, founded by Peter de Valoignes. In 1136, Roger de Valoignes built a stone castle with a keep. In 1177, King Henry II ordered that the tower be demolished but in 1192 the castle was in use again. It was finally destroyed in 1212, after Robert Fitzwalter rebelled against King John. Only the foundations of the keep and some earthworks now remain. In 1832, George Proctor added a neo-Norman gatehouse, summerhouse and curtain wall.

References

↑ "1007844 - The National Heritage List for England".

Benington Castle 1
Benington Castle 2
Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

Listed buildings in Hertfordshire

Grade I

Broxbourne	Eleanor Cross Wormleybury

Dacorum	Ashridge Management College Beechwood Park School and walls of walled garden Beechwood Park Berkhamsted School Old Building St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead

East Hertfordshire	Aston Bury Manor Balls Park Benington Castle (remains) Gatehouse to Hertford Castle Hunsdon House Rye House Gatehouse Scott's Grotto St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts St Leonard's Church, Bengeo St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead Waytemore Castle (remains) Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)

Hertsmere	Tyttenhanger House

North Hertfordshire	Royston Cave St Mary the Virgin, Baldock

St Albans	Remains of Old Gorhambury House Rothamsted Manor St Albans Cathedral St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead St Michael's Church, St Albans Verulamium

Three Rivers	Moor Park and orangery/stable block

Watford	Holy Rood Church, Watford St. Mary's Church, Watford

Welwyn Hatfield	Brocket Hall Hatfield House

Grade II*

Broxbourne	Rawdon House – Jacobean Wing (east) and Victorian Wing (north) Theobalds Park College

Dacorum	Ashlyns Hall Dean Incent's House Gaddesden Place The Golden Parsonge and garden walls St Peter's Church, Great Berhamstead Tring Park Mansion

East Hertfordshire	All Nations Christian College All Saints' Church, Hertford The Almshouses, Buntingford Bayfordbury Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware Cromer Windmill Fanhams Hall Goldings Haileybury and Imperial Service College – Main Quadrangle and Memorial Hall Hare Street House Hanbury Manor Marden Hill House Much Hadham Palace St Andrew's Church, Buckland Stable block at Youngsbury Stanstead Hall

Hertsmere	Aldenham House and stable block Hilfield Castle Salisbury Hall Wrotham Park and stable block

North Hertfordshire	Hinxworth Place Knebworth House North Hertfordshire Masonic Centre (The Cloisters) Princess Helena College St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote St Paul's Walden Bury The Spirella Company of Great Britain Limited Building

St Albans	All Saints Pastoral Centre Gorhambury (New Gorhambury House) Redbournbury Mill St Leonard's Church, Sandridge St Nicholas Church, Harpenden St Peter's Church, St Albans St Stephen's Church, St Albans Westwick Cottage

Three Rivers	Hunton Park Langleybury Oxhey Chapel Redheath

Watford	The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building

Welwyn Hatfield	Shaw's Corner Welwyn Railway Viaduct

Other boroughs	Stevenage

Grade II

Broxbourne	Broxbourne railway station Cheshunt Great House (remains)

Dacorum	Goldfield Mill The Green Dragon, Flaunden The Mansion, Berkhamsted Pendley Manor Rex Cinema Rossway Shendish House, walled garden and octagonal summerhouse Stocks House

East Hertfordshire	All Saints' Church, Hockerill Benson Memorial Church Brent Pelham Windmill Buntingford Manor House Button Snap Christ Church, Ware Hertford Museum Tooke House Little Munden Primary School (South East Wing) Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables Red House, Buntingford Rowneybury House

Hertsmere	Dyrham Park Country Club and stable block Shenley Hall Shenley Lodge Wall Hall

North Hertfordshire	Ashwell Bury Breachwood Green Mill British Schools Museum Letchworth Garden City railway station Minsden Chapel Putteridge Bury St Nicholas' Church, Norton Stagenhoe Weston Windmill

St Albans	Childwickbury Manor Colney Heath Mill St Albans School – south-west, north and hall blocks Sopwell House Sopwell Nunnery (ruins) Verulam House Ye Olde Fighting Cocks

Stevenage	The Barclay School The Thomas Alleyne Academy

Three Rivers	Croxley Green Windmill

Watford	High Elms Manor St John's Church, Watford Watford Grammar School for Boys – main block and master's house Watford Palace Theatre

Welwyn Hatfield	The Brocket Arms Digswell House Tolmers Park

Coordinates: 51°53′45″N 0°07′05″W / 51.89589°N 0.11793°W / 51.89589; -0.11793

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