What is recorded here

Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire is an eleventh-century motte and bailey castle, a twelfth-century tower keep castle and a seventeenth-century country house. It is a scheduled monument preserved because those changes can still be recognised on the ground. The castle stopped being only a weapon and became a house for display, comfort and memory.

The National Heritage List for England records Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house. 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.

Bolsover Castle was originally built by the de Bolsover family in the 11th century as a motte and bailey castle, later developed into a stone tower keep in the 12th century. It is important as a significant example of medieval military architecture and as the site of the later 17th-century Bolsover Castle, a notable example of early Baroque design by Sir John Vanbrugh.

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