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Lidgate Castle is a sixteenth-century fortified manorial complex located in Suffolk, England. The site represents a phase of domestic architecture in which wealthy landowners reinforced their residences with defensive features, reflecting both practical security concerns and the social status conveyed by fortified architecture during the Tudor period. The complex survives as earthworks and structural remains that demonstrate the integration of residential comfort with military preparedness characteristic of the sixteenth century, when such fortified manors occupied an intermediate position between purely military installations and undefended country houses.
Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006024. View the official record →
Lidgate Castle is a sixteenth-century fortified manorial complex located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006024.
Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex 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 1006024.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Beeton's Plantation (3.7 km), Moated site at Fairstead Farm (3.8 km), Moated site at Cowlinge Hall (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex'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.
Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.