List of Castles in England - Somerset

Somerset

Main article: List of castles in Somerset See also: Map of castles in Somerset

Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:

  • Ballands Castle
  • Bridgwater Castle
  • Bury Castle
  • Cary Castle
  • Castle Batch (Worle)
  • Castle Neroche
  • Cockroad Wood Castle
  • Crewkerne Castle
  • Culverhay Castle
  • Fenny Castle
  • Montacute Castle
  • Richmont Castle
  • Stowey Castle
  • Wimble Toot Castle
Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes
Banwell Castle Neo-romantic castle 1848 !c. 1848 Intact Restaurant Architect not known.
Beckington Castle 1601 !17th century Rebuilt Company HQ Medieval remains incorporated in later building.
Dunster Castle Castle 1201 !13–19th century Rebuilt ENT ! Existing house dates largely from c. 1571, with 18–19th-century alterations.
Farleigh Hungerford Castle Enclosure castle 1301 !14–15th century Ruins EH ! On high ground above the River Frome.
Newton St Loe Castle Fortified manor house 1301 !14th century Fragment Bath Spa University Large tower and gatehouse, altered in the 16–17th century.
Nunney Castle Quadrangular castle 1373 !1373 Ruins EH ! Towers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed in 1910.
Stogursey Castle Motte and bailey 1001 !11–12th century Fragmentary remains Landmark Trust 17th-century house built within the remains of the castle.
Sutton Court Fortified manor house 1301 !14–15th century Fragment Private apartments Short length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored in the 19th century.
Taunton Castle Shell keep 1201 !13th century Restored HM ! Now houses the Museum of Somerset, Castle Hotel incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse.
Walton Castle Sham castle 1615 !1615–20 Restored Private Restored as private house 20th century.
Wells Bishop's Palace Fortified palace 1201 !13–15th century Substantially intact HH !
Church of England		 Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

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