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© Mr Chris Ayre
IoE Number:
442878
Location:
STAFFORD CASTLE (REMAINS),
CASTLE CHURCH, STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr Chris Ayre
Date Photographed:
20 August 1999
Date listed:
17 March 1953
Date of last amendment:
17 March 1953
Grade
II
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2385 CASTLE CHURCH
Stafford Castle (remains)
SJ 92 SW 18/1 17.3.53
II
2.
Finely sited on a hill West of the county towm. Erected circa 1815 by
Lord Stafford on site of mediaeval castle. It was never completed and
for many years was a crumbling ruin. Only the lower parts now remain, the
towers and curtain walls, being considered unsafe, were largely demolished
in 1963.