What do you know of Greasley Castle….?

 

I have to say that Greasley isn’t a castle that comes easily to mind, even though a former occupant fought for Richard III at Bosworth. It’s in Nottinghamshire, dates to the 14^th century, and was larger and more opulent than Haddon Hall, which I do know, of course. A certain Nicholas de Cantelupe built it (see here) and it played host to an Archbishop of Canterbury, yet today all you see is “a set of ramshackle farm buildings”. Excavations there are revealing evidence of its former grandeur.

It’s hard to believe that Greasley started like this:

but has been reduced to this:

To read more about the excavations go to this site.

And to read about Greasley itself and its history try this site  and this one.