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Shropshire Castles Ludlow CastleAn extensive stone keep and bailey fortress, the entire castle surviving intact. The outer bailey curtain wall is well preserved and retains its battlements, an altered gatehouse, a square Norman flanking tower and the U-shaped Mortimer's Tower. In the large outer bailey are lodgings, a prison, stables and the Chapel of St Peter all backing onto the curtain wall. In the north-west corner is the inner bailey, with its steep rock-cut ditch and surrounding curtain wall flanked by four open backed square towers. The original Norman gatehouse has been blocked and raised to become a keep, flanking a plain arched gateway, which leads to a classic range of buildings and an unusual circular Norman chapel
The oldest parts of the Castle were built between 1066 and 1074, during the reign of
William the Conqueror. There were additions over several centuries. Later, in the late 18th century,
Thomas Telford remodelled the interior as a private house. The Castle was acquired by the Corporation
of Shrewsbury in 1924 through the generosity of Shropshire Horticultural Society.
The Castle houses the spectacular collections of the Shropshire Regimental Museum Trust including pictures, uniforms, medals, weapons and other equipment from the 18th Century to the present day.
Castle Street, Shrewsbury Tel: 01743 358516 Email
Strength and elegance are united in this fortified medieval manor house. It was Lawrence of Ludlow, probably the most renowned wool merchant in England, who began building this fortified manor house soon after 1281. The completion of his work is perhaps indicated by the recorded ‘licence to crenellate’ for the three-storied south tower, which he obtained from Edward I at Hereford in 1291 Near Craven Arms SY7 9AH Tel: 01588 672544
Today the principal structure is the remains of the twin-cylindrical towered gatehouse.
The stonework was begun in the 1220s, for a license to build upon the site of an earlier motte castle
was granted by Henry lll in 1220. William Peverel built the Norman Motte and Bailey castle. The motte
received a stone tower, and only the foundation remains. A stone curtain, with towers, enclosed the
castle. Three towers remain
Ivy House, Station Rd Whittington, SY11 4BT Tel: 01691 658328
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