What is recorded here

Astwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions) remains a scheduled monument in West Northamptonshire, though the inhabited parts fell outside the ancient boundary. The land holds a castle, not a palace, and the name still points to a defensive purpose rather than a domestic one. The uninhabited portions preserve the shape of that earlier decision, while the farm later took the human life around them. The boundary between ownership and memory is thin enough to touch when walking past the fields.

The National Heritage List for England records Astwell Castle Farm (uninhabited portions) as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

A 13th-century moated manor house, Astwell Castle Farm is remembered for its well-preserved medieval remains and as an example of rural aristocratic architecture in the English countryside. It was likely held by the de Astwell family before passing into other local gentry hands over subsequent centuries.

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