{"id":2581,"date":"2025-01-24T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecks.co.uk\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:44:47","slug":"whittington-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecks.co.uk\/?p=2581","title":{"rendered":"Whittington Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2581\" class=\"elementor elementor-2581\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ade2e94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ade2e94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8545fd5\" data-id=\"8545fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9585233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9585233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whittington Castle<br \/>In 1115, to protect the English border from Welsh fighters, a timber tower was built on a large earth mound called a Motte, with a lower open outer courtyard called a Bailey.<\/p><p>Following further conflicts with the Welsh, the castle was rebuilt of stone during the 1200s with five towers around the inner bailey.<br \/>After its occupation by Prince Llewwelyn of Gwenedd in March 1223, Fulk Fitz-Warin III, after having the ownership of the castle re-instated to him, further extended the fortifications and defences to create a formidable stronghold.<\/p><p>Fulk Fitz-Warin V and his wife Eleanor, transformed the castle from a fortress and garrison to a palatial home in the early 1300s.<br \/>The bailey even contained a mediaeval pleasure garden with a viewing mount.\u00a0 The private garden would have been used as a place of relaxation, growing scented plants, culinary herbs and medicinal plants to be used in the household.<br \/>It is one of the few known to exist in England.<br \/>In 1632, the Castle Gatehouse was let, the tenant being allowed to take &#8216;freestone out of the castle&#8217;, leading to its dereliction.<br \/>By the time of the English Civil War, Whittington Castle was evidently no longer defensible and there is no evidence that it played any role in that war.<br \/>Whittington Castle is currently owned on a 99-year lease from 2002 by the whittington Castle Preservation Trust, a rural community trust formed in December 1998.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e62b1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e62b1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-612244b\" data-id=\"612244b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ceb27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"85ceb27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whittington CastleIn 1115, to protect the English border from Welsh fighters, a timber tower was built on a large earth mound called a Motte, with a lower open outer courtyard called a Bailey. 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