Treago Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of St Weonards.
In the historic county of Herefordshire.
Modern Authority of Herefordshire.
1974 county of Hereford and Worcester.
Medieval County of Herefordshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO490239
Latitude 51.91138° Longitude -2.74251°

Treago Castle has been described as a certain Fortified Manor House.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Square fortified house which was formerly moated. Treago castle is said to have been extant in the reign of Edward II, but, though some of the walls may be of this age, the building itself presents no definite evidence of any work earlier than C15-C16. Interior alterations were made in C17 and in 1840 it was further modernised. (PastScape)

The manor of Treago has been held by the Mynors family since the early fourteenth century but, like Croft Castle, Treago is bereft of documentation relating to its construction. The plain and four-centred arches are indicative of late medieval work as is the hammer-beam roof above the hall. More precisely, the outer walls reveal a considerable number of masons' marks and they are repeated on internal stonework where this has been revealed, as in the south cellar and the north-east bedroom. Identical marks occur on the walls of the Fountain Court lodgings at Raglan Castle built by William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, between 1461 and 1469, so that a similar date during the early years of Edward IV's reign is likely for the rebuilding of Treago. (Emery)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1099712
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 107699.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 6255.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Charles Taylor's ecastles
  Wikipedia entry
Books
- Shoesmith, Ron, 2009 (Rev edn.), Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire (Logaston Press) p. 254-5
  Phillips, Neil, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250 (University of Wales) p. 329 (slight) Download from ADS
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 584
  Salter, Mike, 2000, Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 64
  Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) p. 93
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 102
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 211
  1981, Herefordshire Countryside Treasures (Hereford and Worcester County Council) p. 78
  Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p. 311
  Pevsner, N., 1963, Buildings of England: Herefordshire p. 285-6
  RCHME, 1931, An inventory of the historical monuments in Herefordshire Vol. 1: south-west p. 230-2 no. 3 online transcription
  Gould, I. Chalkley, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Herefordshire Vol. 1 p. 230-2
Periodical Articles
- Montgomery-Massingberd, H., 1985 Feb 9, 'Treago and its twin families' The Field p 40-2
  Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 116 p. 71-132
  Wright, T., 1855, 'Treago and the large Tumulus at St Weonard's' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 10 p. 161-7 online copy

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