Bolingbroke Castle is a Grade I listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. A Founded 1220-1230 Castle. 1 related planning application.
Bolingbroke Castle
- WRENN ID
- keen-loggia-nettle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Castle
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BOLINGBROKE MOAT LANE TF 36 NW (west side) 1/32 Bolingbroke Castle I
Former castle, now ruin. Founded 1220-1230 by Randulph de Blundevill, Earl of Chester and Lincoln. Extended and altered C14 when it became part of the Duchy of Lancaster. Rebuilding C15, and C16 but dereliction had set in by 1600. In 1642 it was sleighted during the Civil War. Squared greenstone rubble, ashlar dressings. Courtyard plan with octagonal and round corner towers. Walls stand to about 6'0". The castle was the birth place of King Henry IV, son of John of Gaunt. It was excavated in the 1960s. Scheduled Ancient Monument No 88. (In care of English Heritage).
Listing NGR: TF3491165039
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