What is recorded here

Farleigh Hungerford Castle stands as a ruined quadrangular monument in Somerset, built by Sir Thomas Hungerford between 1377 and 1383 on the site of an older manor. Sir Walter Hungerford later expanded the grounds with an outer court that swallowed the parish church, creating a vast stone labyrinth where human life still echoes through forgotten chambers. The castle survived the English Civil War without destruction because Sir Edward Hungerford supported Parliament, preserving its walls when many nearby strongholds fell.

The National Heritage List for England records Farleigh Hungerford Castle 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.

Farleigh Hungerford Castle was built by the Hungerford family in the 14th century and later held by the Lucy family in the 15th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of late medieval domestic and military architecture in England.

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