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Old Beaupre Castle is a medieval and early modern fortified residence located in the Vale of Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales. The castle comprises a fifteenth-century gatehouse with later sixteenth-century additions, including an ornamental courtyard range that reflects the evolving domestic aspirations of its owners, the Basset family. The site demonstrates the transition from medieval fortress to Tudor country house, with its architectural development marking the shift from military to residential priorities during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The remains include substantial stone walls and structural elements that illustrate high-status domestic building practices of the late medieval period in South Wales.
Old Beaupre Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM001. View the official record →
Old Beaupre Castle is a medieval and early modern fortified residence located in the Vale of Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM001.
Old Beaupre Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a house (domestic). It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Old Beaupre Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including West Orchard Manor House (4 km), Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm (4.1 km), Boverton Place (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Old Beaupre 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.
Old Beaupre Castle stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.