CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CASTLES AND HOUSES.
Reading edition
The list includes those mentioned in the text, together with a few others of note. It is not always possible to date houses accurately; a margin of a few years must usually be allowed. Where dates are given they either appear on the houses, or can be approximately ascertained. The Index to Illustrations shows which buildings are illustrated or referred to.
WILLIAM I.—1066–1087.
The White Tower, Tower of London
WILLIAM II.—1087–1100.
Colchester Castle, Essex
Westminster Hall, early parts
HENRY I.—1100–1135.
Rochester Castle, Kent, 1130 (cir.)
Castle Hedingham, Essex, 1130 (cir.)
Norham Castle, Northumberland
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, parts
STEPHEN—1135–1154.
Many castles subsequently destroyed
HENRY II.—1154–1189.
Dover Castle, Kent
Guildford Castle, Surrey
Jew’s House, Lincoln
Castle Rising, Norfolk
Norham Castle, Northumberland, parts
Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, keep
Peak Castle, Derbyshire, keep, 1176
Oakham Castle, Rutland, 1180 (cir.)
RICHARD I.—1189–1199.
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, early parts
Chacombe Priory, Northamptonshire, window
JOHN—1199–1216.
Conisborough Castle, Yorkshire
HENRY III.—1216–1272.
Stokesay, Shropshire, parts
Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, parts
Prebendal House, Nassington, Northamptonshire
Many additions and repairs to royal houses
EDWARD I.—1272–1397.
Little Wenham Hall, Suffolk
Longthorpe Tower, Northamptonshire
Acton Burnell, Shropshire, 1284 (cir.)
Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, parts; licence to crenellate, 19 Edw. I., 1291
Aydon Castle, Northumberland, licence, 33 Edw. I., 1305
Woodcroft Castle, Northamptonshire
Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire
Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire, parts
EDWARD II.—1307–1327.
Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland, oriel
Markenfield, Yorkshire, licence, 3 Edw. II., 1309
Yanwath, Westmorland, soon after 1322
Ightham Mote, Kent, parts
Leeds Castle, Kent
EDWARD III.—1327–1377.
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, licence, 1 Edw. III., 1327; early parts destroyed
Drayton House, Northamptonshire, licence, 2 Edw. III., 1328
Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire, parts; licence, 4 Edw. III., 1330
Lyddington, Rutland, licence, 10 Edw. III., 1336; existing parts, Henry VII.
Penshurst, Kent, licence, 15 Edw. III., 1341
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Haddon Hall, parts
Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire, licence, 19 Edw. III., 1345
Northborough, Northamptonshire, licence, 20 Edw. III., 1346
Mayfield, Sussex, Bishop’s Palace, 1349–66
Warwick Castle, licence, 45 Edw. III., 1371
RICHARD II.—1377–1399.
Amberley Castle, Sussex, licence, 1 Rich. II., 1377
Bodiam Castle, Sussex, licence, 9 Rich. II., 1386
Raby Castle, Durham
Baguley Hall, Cheshire
Kenilworth Castle, hall, &c., 1392 (cir.)
Westminster Hall, roof, &c.
Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, kitchen
HENRY IV.—1399–1413.
HENRY V.—1413–1422.
HENRY VI.—1422–1461.
Hurstmonceux, Sussex, licence, 1 Henry VI., 1423
South Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire, 1435–40 (cir.)
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire, 1440 (cir.)
Warkworth Castle, Northumberland, keep, 1435–40 (cir.)
Ewelme, Oxfordshire, almshouse and school, between 1437–48
Great Chalfield, Wiltshire
Norrington, Wiltshire
Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, fireplace
Church House, Salisbury, fireplace
Harringworth, Northamptonshire, chimney
EDWARD IV.—1461–1483.
Eltham Palace, Kent
Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, 1460 (cir.)
Hurstmonceux, parts
Crosby Hall, London
Stanton Harcourt, kitchen
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, 1482
EDWARD V.—1483.
RICHARD III.—1483–85.
HENRY VII.—1485–1509.
Cothele, Cornwall
Athelhampton, Dorsetshire
Lytes Carey, Somerset, Manor House
Lyddington, Bede House
Stanton Harcourt, parts
Cowdray House, Sussex
Ightham Mote, Kent, parts
Fawsley, Northamptonshire
Horham Hall, Essex, between 1502–20
East Barsham Hall, Norfolk
Brympton d’Evercy, Somerset
Eastington, Worcestershire
Abingdon Abbey, Guest-house
Crowhurst Place, Surrey
Lenham, Kent, doorway
Harrietsham, Kent, doorway
Glastonbury, doorway and windows
HENRY VIII.—1509–1547.
Layer Marney, Essex, 1500–25
Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire, 1511–21
Bramhall Hall, Cheshire, parts, 1521 (cir.)
Hengrave Hall, Suffolk, 1525–38
Compton Winyates, Warwickshire, 1525 (cir.)
Sutton Place, Surrey, 1523–25
Clifton Maybank, Dorsetshire
Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, between 1530 and 1564
Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, parts
Lacock, Angel Inn
Haddon Hall, parts, 1542
Moyns Park, Essex, early parts
Hampton Court, great hall
Cocklaw Tower, Northumberland
Sir Paul Pindar’s House, London
EDWARD VI.—1547–1553.
Deene Park, Northamptonshire, parts
Longleat House, Wiltshire, early parts
Old Somerset House, London, 1546–56
MARY—1553–1558.
Burghley House, Northamptonshire, kitchen, great hall, &c., 1553 (cir.)
Park Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire, 1553–58
Dingley Hall, Northamptonshire, parts, 1558
ELIZABETH—1558–1603.
Moreton Old Hall, Cheshire, 1559
Buckhurst House, Sussex, 1560–65
Loseley, Surrey, 1562–68
Theobalds, Hertfordshire, 1564–88
Longleat House, Wiltshire, 1566–78
Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, 1568
Kirby, Northamptonshire, 1570–75
Deene Park, Northamptonshire, chimney-piece, 1571
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 1576
Burghley House, courtyard, 1577–87
Montacute, Somerset (entrance porch earlier), 1580
Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire, 1580–88
Longford Castle, Wiltshire, 1580
Moyns Park, brick part, 1580 (cir.)
Holdenby, Northamptonshire, 1580–85
Corsham Court, Wiltshire, 1582
Barlborough Hall, Derbyshire, 1583
Cobham Hall, Kent, 1584–95
Wimbledon, Surrey, 1588
Beaufort House, Chelsea, 1590 (cir.)
Wakehurst Place, Sussex, 1590
Westwood Park, Worcestershire, 1590
Astley Hall, Lancashire
Powis Castle, Wales
Bramhall Hall, Cheshire, parts, 1592
Brome Hall, Suffolk
Herringstone, Dorsetshire
Wolveton, Dorsetshire
Parham, Sussex, 1593
Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, 1595, parts
Doddington, Lincolnshire, 1595
Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire, 1597, parts
Condover Hall, Shropshire, 1598
Marton Hall, Cheshire
Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, 1602–10
JAMES I.—1603–1625.
Audley End, Essex, 1603–16
Chastleton, Oxfordshire, 1603 (cir.)
Knole, Kent, 1605
Bramshill, Hampshire, 1605–12
Charlton House, Wiltshire, 1607
Fountains Hall, Yorkshire, 1611
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 1612
Cranborne Manor House, Dorsetshire, parts, 1612
Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, 1613
Crewe Hall, Cheshire, 1615–36
Aston Hall, Warwickshire, 1618–35
Blickling, Norfolk, 1619–20
Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, 1620 (cir.)
Quenby Hall, Leicestershire, 1602 (cir.)
Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, 1622
Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, parts, 1623–24
King’s Lynn, chimney-piece at, 1623
Cark Hall, Lancashire, 1623 (cir.)
Stibbington Hall, Huntingdonshire, 1625
Felbrigge Hall, Norfolk
Heath Hall, Yorkshire
Derwent Hall, Derbyshire
Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire
Calgarth Old Hall, Cumberland
Pilton Manor House, Northamptonshire
Lyveden Old Building, Northamptonshire
Hall of Butchers’ Guild, Hereford
CHARLES I.—1625–1649.
Rushton Hall, parts, 1627
Raynham Park, Norfolk, 1630–36
Stoke Park, Northamptonshire, 1630–36
Stanway, Gloucestershire, 1630 (cir.)
Kenyon Peel Old Hall, Lancashire, 1631
Wilton, Wiltshire
Swakeleys, Middlesex
COMMONWEALTH—1649–1660.
Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire
Coles Farm, Box, Wiltshire, 1649
Coleshill, Berkshire, 1650
Ashburnham House, Westminster, 1650–60
Thorney Hall, Cambridgeshire
Amesbury House, Wiltshire, 1654
Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire, 1654
Thorpe Hall, Northamptonshire, 1656 (cir.)
Cold Overton, Leicestershire
CHARLES II.—1660–1684.
Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire, 1662
Ashdown House, Berkshire, 1665–66 (cir.)
The Vicarage, Burford, Oxfordshire, 1672
House in Buckingham Street, Strand, 1675
Groombridge Place, Kent
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, 1681
JAMES II.—1684–1688.
Newcastle House, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 1686
Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, 1686
Melton Constable, Norfolk, 1687
WILLIAM AND MARY—1688–1702.
Belton House, Lincolnshire, 1689
Hampton Court, parts
“Roppynden,” Burwash, Sussex, 1699
Boughton House, Northamptonshire, 1700 (cir.)
Drayton House, parts and ironwork, 1700 (cir.)
House in Love Lane, London
ANNE—1702–1714.
House in Austin Friars, London, 1704
House in Warwick Square, London, 1707 (cir.)
Apple Dorecombe, Isle of Wight (“Vitruvius Britannicus”), 1710
Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, 1713
Kings Weston, Gloucestershire (“Vit. Brit.”), 1713
Duncomb Park, Yorkshire (“Vit. Brit.”), 1715
Fenton House, Hampstead
Castle Howard, Yorkshire, 1714
GEORGE I.—1714–1727.
Blenheim, Oxfordshire, 1715
Wanstead, Essex, 1719 (cir.)
Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, 1720
Moor Park, Hertfordshire, 1720
Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, 1720 (cir.)
Mereworth, Kent, 1722
Houghton, Norfolk, 1723
Glastonbury Hall, 1726
Villa at Chiswick, 1729
Rothwell Manor House, Northamptonshire
Rectory, Burford
House in Whitehall Gardens
Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
House at Horsham, Sussex
Ironwork at Carshalton House, Surrey
Ironwork at Eaton Hall, Cheshire
GEORGE II.—1727–1760.
House in Hatton Garden
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, 1747
Prior Park, Bath, 1750 (cir.)
Holkham Hall, Norfolk, 1754 (cir.)
GEORGE III.—1760–1820.
Harewood House, Yorkshire, 1760
Cumberland House, 1760–67
Kedlestone, Derbyshire, 1761
Lansdowne House, 1765 (cir.)
House in Mansfield Street, London, 1770 (cir.)
House in St James’s Square, London, 1772
Somerset House, Strand, 1776
Baddow House, Essex
House at Faversham, Kent
House at Colchester