Old Wardour Castle | |
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Type | Castle |
Location | Donhead St. Andrew, Tisbury |
Coordinates | 51°02′11″N 2°05′20″W / 51.0365°N 2.0888°W |
OS grid reference | ST9387126334 |
Area | Wiltshire |
Built | 14th century |
Architect | William Wynford |
Owner | English Heritage |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Old Wardour Castle |
Designated | 25 October 1951 |
Reference no. | 1183429 |
Official name | Wardour Castle and Old Wardour Castle |
Designated | 1 September 1987 |
Reference no. | 1000507 |
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Salisbury. The castle was built in the 1390s, came into the ownership of the Arundells in the 16th century, and was rendered uninhabitable in 1643 and 1644 during the Civil War. A Grade I listed building,[1] it is managed by English Heritage and open to the public.