Quedgeley Manor (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Quedgeley.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire.
Modern Authority of Gloucestershire.
1974 county of Gloucestershire.
Medieval County of Gloucestershire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO81531363
Latitude 51.82099° Longitude -2.26935°

Quedgeley Manor has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such, and also as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are earthwork remains.

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

Description

Quedgeley has a moated site: a chapel was in use in the manor by 1095. A substantial house can be traced there from the middle of the 12th century. The view that there were the remains of a motte there is not sustained by recent investigations. (Walker 1991)

The moated site at Manor Farm, Quedgeley, survives in a relatively undisturbed condition and can provide archaeological evidence which, combined with historical documentation, will provide information on the organisation and development of the buildings of the manor. The waterlogged conditions of the moat itself provide good potential for the preservation of environmental information and organic remains relating both to the economy of the site and the landscape in which the monument was constructed.
The monument includes a moated site set on low lying ground c.2km south east of the River Severn. It comprises a rectangular four-armed moat, three arms of which remain visible, enclosing an island c.80m x c.50m orientated north west-south east. The moat is 9m wide at its widest point and c.4m deep and survives as a waterfilled feature on the south western side only. There is a slight internal and external bank c.0.3m in height running along the length of this side. The north western and north eastern arms survive as earthworks and are believed to contain waterlogged sediment. The south eastern arm has been infilled, possibly intentionally during the construction of the present farm buildings, and survives as a buried feature. A causeway, possibly on the original siting, crosses the middle of the south western side. This arm of the moat has been enlarged at the eastern end to form a small waterfilled pond c.24m in width. The central portion of the present house which is a Grade II Listed Building dates to the 15th century, the north wing to the 16th century, and the south wing to 1811. The original construction of Quedgeley probably occurred between 1250 and 1350 and the buried remains of earlier buildings are considered likely to survive. (Scheduling Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1012315, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 13805
National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1090770
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 115587.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 693.

Books
- Elrington, C.R., and Herbert, N.M. (eds), 1972, VCH Gloucestershire Vol. 10 p. 218-19 online transcription
  Garrod, A.P. and Heighway, C.M.. 1984, Garrod's Gloucester: Archaeological observations 1974-81 (Bristol: Western Archaeological Trust) p. 70 No. 62/75
  Verey, David, 1980, Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean p. 327
Periodical Articles
- Walker, D., 1991, 'Gloucestershire Castles' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol. 109 p. 14 online copy
  Rawes, B., 1978, 'A Preliminary Check List of Moated Sites in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol. 12 p. 36 online copy

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