Shirburn Castle
Oxfordshire, England
Shirburn Castle is a quadrangular castle in Oxfordshire, England, first built in 1377. It is a Grade I listed building. The nearest other castle is Wallingford Castle, 6.6 mi away.
Shirburn Castle at a glance
Built
1377
14th century
Type
Quadrangular castle
Heritage status
Grade I listed building
Grade II listed park and garden
Architect
Henry Yevele
About Shirburn Castle
Shirburn Castle is a Grade I listed, moated castle located at the village of Shirburn, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Originally constructed in the fourteenth century, it was renovated and remodelled in the Georgian era by Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat, and altered further in the early nineteenth century.
From the Wikipedia article on Shirburn Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shirburn Castle sits at 51.6583, -0.9944 in Oxfordshire. The closest other castles are Wallingford Castle (6.6 mi), Greys Court (8.0 mi) and Brightwell Castle (8.0 mi). Oxfordshire has 20 castles in all.
