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Greasley Castle is a fortified manor house of late medieval date located in Greasley, Nottinghamshire. The castle consists of the remains of a stone-built structure that represents the domestic aspirations of a substantial landowning family during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The site preserves evidence of a moated enclosure typical of the period, reflecting both the practical and symbolic functions of medieval fortification at the manorial level. As a documented example of late medieval defensive architecture in the East Midlands, Greasley Castle contributes to understanding the evolution of fortified residences during the transition from fully military strongholds to more domestically focused elite dwellings.
Greasley Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020943. View the official record →
Greasley Castle is a fortified manor house of late medieval date located in Greasley, Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020943.
Greasley Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020943.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beauvale Carthusian Priory (1.9 km), Moat and fishpond at Strelley, 240m SE of All Saints' Church (5.5 km), Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Greasley Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Greasley Castle stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.