Sham Castle Ruin And Surrounding Boundary Retaining Wall Approximately 260 Metres North Of Castle Hill House

Sham Castle is a gothic ruin built in the mid-18th century as an eyecatcher in the landscape design for Castle Hill House. The structure is made of stone rubble with some brickwork at the parapet. It features a square tower with taller projecting corner turrets and lower flank walls that end in mock turrets, creating a symmetrical appearance. There are pointed arched doorways on each side of the tower, with the front doorway flanked by tall, narrow pointed arched window openings that are mostly infilled. Above, there are four bullseye windows. Each flank wall has two rectangular window openings, and the mock turrets at either end have blind quatrefoil loops above smaller rectangular openings. The raised mound on which the castle sits is supported by a stone rubble retaining wall with buttresses at intervals, and there is a sham pointed arched gateway on the north side.