What is recorded here

Mettingham Castle began as a fortified manor house when Sir John de Norwich received a licence to crenellate in 1342. It later became Mettingham College, where canons taught up to thirteen boys before the dissolution of the monasteries ended that chapter. The 18th century stripped much of the castle to build a farmhouse, yet the gatehouse, stone walls and moats still mark the site. English Heritage helped fund a 21st-century renovation, preserving what remained of a place that has been taught, lived in, broken open and rebuilt more than once.

The National Heritage List for England records Mettingham 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.

Mettingham Castle was built in the 14th century by the powerful Percy family, who were influential in northern England. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a medieval fortified manor house and is listed as a scheduled monument due to its historical and architectural significance.

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