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Hastings Castle is a Norman fortification founded in the immediate aftermath of the conquest of 1066, built by Robert, Count of Eu, on a strategically prominent headland overlooking the harbour and coast. The castle comprises an impressive motte and bailey earthwork, with the motte crowned by substantial stone ruins of the keep, alongside fragmentary remains of stone curtain walls and other domestic structures that testify to its development and occupation over several centuries. The Collegiate Church of St Mary, established within or closely associated with the castle precincts, served the spiritual needs of the garrison and nobility, whilst the Ladies' Parlour represents a surviving domestic chamber reflecting the refined residential character of the castle in its later medieval phases. The site remains archaeologically and architecturally significant as an early Norman stronghold that guarded one of England's most important coastal settlements and harbours.
Hastings Castle, the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the Ladies' Parlour is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017539. View the official record →
Hastings Castle is a Norman fortification founded in the immediate aftermath of the conquest of 1066, built by Robert, Count of Eu, on a strategically prominent headland overlooking the harbour and coast. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017539.
Hastings Castle, the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the Ladies' Parlour 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 1017539.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hastings Town Wall (0.4 km), Iron Age cliff castle and site of St George's churchyard on East Hill (1.1 km), Old St Helen's Church, Ore (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hastings Castle, the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the Ladies' Parlour'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.
Hastings Castle, the Collegiate Church of St Mary and the Ladies' Parlour stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.