Burton Court, Eardisland

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte), and also as a Questionable Fortified Manor House

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameBurton Court, Eardisland
Alternative Names
Historic CountryHerefordshire
Modern AuthorityHerefordshire
1974 AuthorityHereford and Worcester
Civil ParishEardisland

Late C18 building, except for the great hall, which is of early C14 date. Under present possessor house undergoing extensive alterations which brought to light a fine timber roof and other interesting features. Dingley sketched the Old Court (1680) seems to have been a long rambling building with many gables & projecting porch. (Robinson) Members of the archaeology section of the Woolhope Club visited the site. Pointers were discussed as to the possibility that the site was once a fortified house. Members also visited the basement under the 14th century hall with considerable stone work, some re used. There is also a deep stone lined well under the hall. (Herefordshire SMR)

Burton Court is about about 1.2km south of Eardisland Church. There are traces of what could be a motte cut into by the Court building. The early C14 Great Hall of the Court is in the assumed bailey. (Shoesmith)

Gatehouse Comments

It seems possible that Burton Court was a moated house with some signs of fortification. That the moat was originally a castle ditch is possible but less certain. The 'mound' could be any number of things including simple spoil.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law

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Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO422571
Latitude52.2099418640137
Longitude-2.84629988670349
Eastings342260
Northings257180
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Books

  • Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 106
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 27
  • Stirling-Brown, R., 1989, Herefordshire Castles (privately published) p. 4
  • Pevsner, N., 1963, Buildings of England: Herefordshire p. 120
  • RCHME, 1934, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 3: north-west p. 47 no. 3 online transcription
  • Robinson, C.J., 1872, A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire (Logaston Press, 2001 reprint)

Journals

  • 1995, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 63 p. 13 (new plan)
  • Anon, 1994, Herefordshire Archaeological News Vol. 62 p. 21 (plan)