Ragged Castle Or Keeper'S Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Folly, eyecatcher.
Ragged Castle Or Keeper'S Lodge
- WRENN ID
- calm-vestry-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Folly, eyecatcher
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HAWKESBURY C.P. ST 88 NW 5/198 Ragged Castle or Keeper's Lodge
- II*
Folly and eyecatcher. Circa 1750 by Thomas Wright of Durham. Rubble; roof now disappeared. Castellated Gothick in a heavy Vanbrughian manner. Square with projecting semi-circular stair turret; a stack projects on the opposite side; parapet on corbel table with heavy and irregular stone slab castellations. Blocked single light windows under heavy dripstone. Plank studded door to north-west under lean-to porch. Interior: single room per floor with C19 fireplaces. The castle is set on a motte and the end of one of the main drives from Badminton House. One of a number of Wright's buildings for the 4th Duke of Beaufort and part of his best collection of garden and park buildings, dating from 1748 to 1756. Journal of Garden History, Vol I No 3. Harris E, Country Life, 9.IX.71.
Listing NGR: ST8050086093
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