Remains Of Greasley Castle

SK 44 NE GREASLEY MAIN ROAD Greasley (south west side)

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The entry shall be amended to read:-

SK 44 NE GREASLEY CHURCH ROAD Greasley (south west side)

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SK 44 NE GREASLEY MAIN ROAD Greasley (south west side)

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Remains of castle. c.1341. Altered C19 and C20. Rebuilt and with additions, late C19. Coursed and squared rubble and brick, with slate and corrugated asbestos sheet roofs, some steep pitched. Single gable stack. Single storey with lofts. U-plan around yard. Site bounded by dry moat. Barn on east side has adjoining C20 lean-to cowshed. To its right, projection with catslide roof. Beyond, brick steps to door, and beyond again, double door and a rubble buttress. Above, square blocked opening. West side has 2 C20 garage doors and to their right, casement flanked by single blocked doors, and beyond, a larger casement. Above, a central casement. South gable has C20 sliding door. Stable range, C19, to north, has blank rubble wall. To south, off-centre garage door and 2 stable doors and 4 casements. Stables and cowsheds to west, 12 bays, have on west side, to left, gable with splayed corner containing chamfered doorway with segmental head. To its right, mullioned casement. Above it, ashlar asterisk. Beyond, to right, C19 stable, 2 bays, with 2 casements to north and 3 doors to south. To its right, rubble boundary wall with gabled ashlar coping. Beyond, 3 casements. East side has to left, 4 bay cartshed and to right, passageway flanked by stable doors and casements. This group of buildings incorporates the remains of Greasley Castle. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument No. 34.

Listing NGR: SK4910847127