Description

Benington
TL 2923 BENINGTON CHURCH GREEN
(north side)

11/11 Remains of
Benington Castle
(in grounds of the
24.11.66 Lordship 15m to SE
of house)

GV I

Ruined keep of medieval ringwork castle. 1130's for the de
Valognes family, slighted in 1176/7 by Henry II, garrisoned again
in 1192/3, destroyed 1212 after Robert Fitz Walter was outlawed.
Flint rubble walls 7 - 8 ft thick with some herringbone-coursed
flint facing and oolitic limestone quoins and plinth offset of
dressed stone with diagonal tooling, exposed on exterior N wall.
A small square stone tower about 44 feet x 41 feet with pilaster
buttresses at the middle and ends of each face. A small square
NE annexe may be original. Demolition involved removal of one
side entirely. S wall is reduced to footings and W wall ends at
a door jamb. Other walls stand to some 9 foot. A fallen mass of
masonry lies on the NE annexe and an imitation Norman doorway was
inserted c1842. Of unusual interest. Ancient Monument. (RCHM
(1911) 51-2: VCH (1912) 73-4: Pevsner (1977) 94: Renn D Medieval
Castles in Hertfordshire Chichester (1971) 7, 14).

Listing NGR: TL2968023633

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Benington Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4888055

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy