Annesley Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Anelegh

In the civil parish of Annesley.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire.
Modern Authority of Nottinghamshire.
1974 county of Nottinghamshire.
Medieval County of Nottinghamshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK50355233
Latitude 53.06575° Longitude -1.24995°

Annesley Hall has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Comments

Suggested as a site for the strong 'house in the forest of Shirewood' mentioned in 1220 since the nearby motte and bailey is referred to as the old castle in a near contemporary document and the Hall has some possible medieval masonry. Geophysical survey of the motte and bailey showed ridge and furrow over the bailey possibly suggestion the site was abandoned at a relatively early date and supporting a medieval origin for this house site, although quite how defensive a building it was remains open to question.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1234836
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 318088.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) M5299.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Castles by Dr Sarah Speight, The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway
Books
- Wright, James, 2008, Castles of Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire County Council) p. 11
  Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) p. 282
  Pevsner, Nikolaus; revised by Elizabeth Williamson, 1979, Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (London) p. 55
Periodical Articles
- Speight, Sarah, 1994, 'Early Medieval Castles in Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 98 p. 63, 66
  Barley, M.W., 1983, 'An aisled hall at Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 87 p. 85-86

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