URPoint Details
No dogs allowed. Disabled parking 300m from entrance some rough grass in car park. Access to castle via hardcore path through churchyard kissing gate may be avoided by opening main gate disabled visitors may be set down closer to entrance please phone in advance of your visit. Only the Great Hall is accessible to wheelchair users there are some steep steps within the buildings main oak staircase and steps to solar have handrails. Gardens and courtyards have easy access via ramp at entrance, on paths and smooth level grass all buildings can be viewed from the courtyard benches provided. Special tape tour included in admission price many flower scents and bird song in garden. Tape tour with hearing loop included in admission price. Toilets not adapted, but suitable to wheelchair users. Shop (in gatehouse) not accessible. Tearoom in gatehouse access possible to counter area seating outside (summer season only).
A rare and wonderfully preserved example of a 13th century fortified manor house, situated in peaceful countryside.
The castle now stands in a picturesque group with its own splendid timber-framed Jacobean gatehouse and the parish church separated by a moat has a Norman
- Type:
- Landmark