Aspley Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Aspley Woodhouse

In the civil parish of Nottingham.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire.
Modern Authority of Nottingham; City of.
1974 county of Nottinghamshire.
Medieval County of Nottinghamshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK540414
Latitude 52.96794° Longitude -1.19804°

Aspley Hall has been described as a probable Pele Tower.

There are no visible remains.

Description

A C15 solar tower formerly existed at Aspley Hall, near Nottingham. Originally a hunting lodge of Lenton Priory, this three-storeyed brick tower with slightly projecting newel in the corner, was similarly attached to a hall complex. The first floor was a retiring chamber to a property that developed into a country house for the prior and his guests. A rental of c.1544 shows that it was a timber-framed dwelling with hall, kitchen, two parlours, and chambers above. The tower was embraced in a rebuilding of c.1600, but was totally pulled down in 1968. (Emery)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 84
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 307
Periodical Articles
- Barley, M.W., 1988, 'Aspley Hall: a postscript' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 92 p. 76-77
  Barley, M.W., 1987, 'Aspley Hall, Nottingham, and its fifteenth century tower' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 91 p. 74-78

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