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Kirby Muxloe Castle is a fortified manor house in Leicestershire built in the 1480s by William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, a prominent courtier and military commander under Edward IV. The castle represents an important example of late medieval domestic architecture, constructed largely of brick with stone dressings, a material choice that reflected both fashion and the owner's wealth and status. The surviving structures include substantial portions of the curtain wall, towers, and a gatehouse, though the interior buildings are largely ruined. Work on the castle was interrupted following Hastings' execution in 1483 and the site was subsequently abandoned, leaving it incomplete and preserving it as a valuable record of late fifteenth-century military and domestic design.
Kirby Muxloe Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013323. View the official record →
Kirby Muxloe Castle is a fortified manor house in Leicestershire built in the 1480s by William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, a prominent courtier and military commander under Edward IV. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013323.
Kirby Muxloe 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 1013323.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rabbit warren 180m north east of The Lawn (2.6 km), Lubbesthorpe medieval settlement remains at Abbey Farm (3.9 km), Iron Age enclosure (4.3 km).
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