Castles of England/Gloucestershire
Appearance
There are six castles of note in Gloucestershire.
Name |
Type |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes (Key) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berkeley Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Intact | Largely unaltered until 1920s, when interior modernised by 8th Earl of Berkeley. | ||
Beverstone Castle | Pentagonal castle | 13–15th century | Ruins | NGS | 17th century house built within ruins. | |
Ruardean Castle | Fortified manor house | 13th century | Fragment | |||
St Briavel's Castle | Keep and bailey | 13th century | Habitable | Youth hostel. | ||
Sudeley Castle | Quadrangular castle | 15th century | Restored | Restored as country house 19th century. | ||
Thornbury Castle | Fortified house | c.1511 | Substantially intact | Hotel | Restored 19th century. |