Donnington Castle
Donnington Castle, Castle Lane, Donnington, Newbury
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1291031
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Donnington Castle
- Statutory Address:
- Donnington Castle, Castle Lane, Donnington, Newbury
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1291031
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1969
- List Entry Name:
- Donnington Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- Donnington Castle, Castle Lane, Donnington, Newbury
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Donnington Castle, Castle Lane, Donnington, Newbury
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shaw cum Donnington
- National Grid Reference:
- SU4611869170
Details
SU 46NE
7/40
SHAW CUM DONNINGTON
CASTLE LANE
Donnington Castle
9.9.69
I
Castle 1386. Quarry flint and chalk with stone dressings and some repairs in brick. Ruined courtyard with the remains of six towers. Gatehouse to east, possibly by Henry Yevele. Three storeys. Two circular towers at eastern corners of four stages with plinth and battlemented parapet. Two square headed windows to east with moulded four-centered arch below.
Interior: Gatehall has two bay lierne vault with moulded ribs, cusped panels and carved bosses.
Listing NGR: SU4610469168
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394112
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1975), 128
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 5 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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