Description

ECCLESHALL CASTLE STREET 1. 5373 (west side) Eccleshall Eccleshall Castle SJ 8229 19/3 10.1.53

II* 2. Largely of circa 1695 when the castle, which had been a manor place of the Bishops of Lichfield for many centuries, was rebuilt by Bishop Lloyd. The building incorporates fragments of the C14 structure which was largely destroyed in the Civil War. The fenestration and interior refashioned late C18. Stone with hipped tile roof and stone stacks; 2 storeys; sash windows; flat stone string-courses; moulded stone eaves cornice. The main facade has a 3 window projecting wing at either side, each having a moulded wood pilaster doorcase with triglyph frieze and modillion cornice. Twelve window elevation to east and 9 to south. Later brick additions at the rear, which incorporates sandstone rubble fragments of the C14 building. The interior contains good late C18 moulded plaster ceiling in the large Drawing Room; also contemporary doorcases and good fireplaces in the 2 Drawing Rooms. Stands back from road in extensive grounds.

Listing NGR: SJ8280129557

External Links

• Eccleshall Castle at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5332222

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)