Woodcroft Castle

Woodcroft Castle is a Grade II* listed building, an inhabited fragment of a late 13th-century castle situated on a moated site, with various additions and alterations over time. The remaining structure consists of the west side of the original building, featuring a central gateway and a circular tower at the north end. It is likely that a courtyard once existed at the center, but the other three sides and the associated corner towers have since disappeared.

The castle is constructed of ashlar stone. The west front includes a central three-storey gateway with a wide double-chamfered segmental arched entrance, flanked by two and a half storey, three-bay wings. At the north end, there is a three-storey circular corner tower that rises from the moat. The tower, gateway, and attic storeys are adorned with single-light windows that have shouldered heads set in chamfered recesses. The remaining windows are primarily two-, three-, or four-light stone mullion windows with straight heads and arched lights. Moulded string courses are present at each floor level. The building has an L-shaped plan with a short early Tudor wing to the northeast.

Inside, there is a large medieval fireplace. The Rev Dr Michael Hudson, who served as Chaplain to Charles I, participated in the defense of the castle against Parliamentary troops in 1649, an event illustrated in Bridge's History of Northamptonshire, Volume IV, plate LXXX, page 508.