What is recorded here

Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, England is a scheduled monument preserving a tower keep, 17th century stables and later garden features. The castle may have been built to dominate the land, shelter people or display power, while the stables and gardens suggest it also served everyday life. Whatever it was made for, it has survived long enough to become a place people still remember.

The National Heritage List for England records Old Wardour Castle: a tower keep castle, 17th century stables and later garden features 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.

Old Wardour Castle was built by the Lovel family in the 14th century and later held by the Sandys family from the 16th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval tower keep with later architectural additions, reflecting the evolution of domestic and military architecture in the English countryside.

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