Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. A C11 Castle.

Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel

WRENN ID: tattered-kitchen-autumn
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Ashford
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 October 1952
Type: Castle
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TR 0653-0753 7/44

CHILHAM Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel

13.10.52

GV I Castle keep and curtain walls. C11 and 1171-1174 by Ralph, master mason, for Henry II; restored early C20.

Flint with Caen stone dressings. Octagonal (the earlier of only two in the country) with square stair turret to east, with garderobes to exterior, three storeys. Remnants of forebuilding on south west wall of C11, an unfortified stone hall. Only one original opening survives, a window facing south east. Flint and buttressed curtain wall about 15 feet high, attached to the east side of the keep. Restored early C20, now domestic accommodation and for a time tenanted by artists Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon. Donkey wheel, C18, timber framed shelter with plain tile roof. Horizontal wheel in poor condition.

Listing NGR: TR0662853467

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