| Castle Ashby | |
|---|---|
 The façade of Castle Ashby | |
| Type | Prodigy house |
| Location | Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire |
| Coordinates | 52°13′28″N 0°44′19″W / 52.2245°N 0.7385°W |
| Built | 1574-c.1600 |
| Architectural style(s) | Elizabethan |
| Owner | Marquess of Northampton |
| Website | https://www.castleashbygardens.co.uk |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Castle Ashby |
| Designated | 3 May 1968 |
| Reference no. | 1371298 |
| Official name | Castle Ashby |
| Designated | 25 June 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1000385 |
.svg)  Location of Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire | |
Castle Ashby, often Castle Ashby House (to differentiate it from the parish) is a country house at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. It is one of the seats of the Marquess of Northampton. The house, church, formal gardens and landscaped park are Grade I listed.
The original castle, a manor house, came about as the result of a licence obtained in 1306 by Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry, to castellate his mansion in the village of Ashby. Sir Gerard Braybroke was at one time of Castle Ashby Manor.[1] It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, with a Palladian section closing the front courtyard added in the 18th century.
- ^ Birch, Walter de Gray (1892). Catalogue of seals in the Department of manuscripts in the British museum. British Museum, Dept. of Manuscripts. pp. 553–. Retrieved 7 July 2011.