Ruins Of Wilton Castle And House Attached To South

The ruins of Wilton Castle and the attached house to the south date back to around 1300. The castle was partly demolished to make way for a 16th-century house, which later fell into disrepair and was adapted into a smaller house in the early 19th century. The structure features sandstone rubble, ashlar, tufa, and rendered brick, with Welsh slate roofs. The original layout was roughly rectangular, oriented from north-north-east to south-south-west, and included corner towers and an interval tower to the east. The north-east and south-east towers have largely been demolished, while the large south-west tower likely served as the gatehouse. The south-east corner tower and part of the south curtain were removed for the 16th-century house, of which the west end was later adapted into the 19th-century house. Surviving sections of the curtain walls and towers stand approximately 25 to 30 feet tall. The 16th-century house remains as a two-storey shell with remnants of mullioned and transomed windows. The 19th-century portion features rendered brick, Welsh slate roofs, and brick end stacks. The east elevation has two storeys with two sash windows that include angled glazing bars, and a 19th-century panelled door on the south side of a crenellated projection to the right. There is also a single-storey 19th-century extension to the left, which has one large glazing bar sash. Wilton Castle is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County No 37.