What is recorded here

Broughton Castle stands as a scheduled monument in Cherwell, England, where a fortified house and moat still mark the landscape. The distinction is legal rather than historical; it protects the stones but does not guarantee entry. Behind the moat’s edge, the house may have hidden chambers, heated rooms and quiet corridors where ordinary people lived under the threat of violence.

The National Heritage List for England records Broughton Castle: fortified house and moat 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.

Broughton Castle was built by the Fiennes family in the 14th century and is remembered as a well-preserved example of a medieval fortified manor house. It remains historically important as the seat of the Fiennes family, Earls of Westmorland, and for its association with figures such as Sir Thomas Fiennes, 10th Lord Dacre, a prominent Tudor military commander.

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