| 词条 | Mettingham Castle |
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|name = Mettingham Castle |partof = |location = Mettingham, Suffolk |image = Entrance to Mettingham Castle - geograph.org.uk - 984718.jpg |caption = Gatehouse of Mettingham Castle |map_type = Suffolk |coordinates = {{coord|52.4448|1.4714|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |map_size = 200 |map_caption = Shown within Suffolk |type = Fortified manor house |code = |built = |builder = |materials = Stone |height = |used = |demolished = |condition = Ruined |ownership = Private |open_to_public = Yes, on selected days |controlledby = |garrison = |current_commander = |commanders = |occupants = |battles = |events = |image2 = |caption2 = }} Mettingham Castle was a fortified manor house in the village of Mettingham, Suffolk, England. DetailsMettingham Castle was formed by Sir John de Norwich, who was given a licence to crenellate his existing manor house on the site in 1342.[1] The first house stood within a small moat, up to 15 foot wide with 6 foot high banks; upon receiving permission to crenellate, however, he built another court to the north of this, again moated, with a gateway to the north.[2] Another moated court was later built to the south.[2] An Edwardian style gatehouse formed the entrance to the castle and supplemented a stone wall that surrounded the property.[3] By 1562, there were "stables, servants' lodgings, kitchen, bakehouse, brewhouse, malting house, storehouses, and an aisled hall" within the castle walls.[4] The castle remained in Sir John's family until 1394, when it was given to a college of secular canons from nearby Norton, who established themselves on the small moated court within the castle.[5] The monks taught up to 13 boys at the castle.[6] After the dissolution of the monasteries the property was sold off to a sequence of private owners after 1542.[1] The castle was largely demolished in the 18th century to make way for a new farm house on the site, which lasted until around 1880 when it was pulled down in turn; the house rebuilt on the site reused parts of the original medieval stonework.[7] Today the site is a scheduled monument and a grade 2 listed building; the gatehouse still survives, as do some of the stone walls and many of the surrounding moats and earthworks.[8] In the 21st century a major renovation project occurred at the castle to repair the worsening damage, involving a grant of £330,000 by English Heritage.[6] See also
References1. ^1 Mackenzie, p.283. 2. ^1 Wall, p.621. 3. ^Mackenzie, p.284; Mettingham Castle, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 17 July 2011. 4. ^Mettingham Castle, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 17 July 2011. 5. ^Mackenzie, p.283; Wall, p.621. 6. ^1 Mettingham Castle, English Heritage, accessed 17 July 2011. 7. ^Mackenzie, p.285; Mettingham Castle, National Monuments Record, English Heritage, accessed 17 July 2011. 8. ^Mettingham Castle, Gatehouse website, accessed 18 July 2011. Bibliography
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