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Warblington Castle

England
List entry 1001913
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001913
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SU 72895 05557
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warblington Castle is a Tudor gatehouse and fortified residence located near Emsworth in Hampshire. Built in the early sixteenth century, the structure retains a distinctive twin-towered gatehouse characteristic of early Tudor military architecture, though it functioned primarily as a residential stronghold rather than a major fortress. The castle occupies a strategic position overlooking Chichester Harbour, and its construction reflects the defensive concerns and architectural fashions of the Tudor period. The gatehouse remains the most substantially preserved element of the original castle complex, which has otherwise largely disappeared, making it an important surviving example of early Tudor fortified domestic architecture on the south coast.

Warblington Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001913. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Warblington Castle?

Warblington Castle is a Tudor gatehouse and fortified residence located near Emsworth in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001913.

Who is responsible for protecting Warblington Castle?

Warblington 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 1001913.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warblington Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Black Barn, Warblington (0.1 km), Bevis's Grave long barrow and early medieval cemetery, 100m west of Belmont Castle (3.7 km), Roman villa and section of Roman road south-west of Littlepark Wood (4.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Black Barn, Warblington
0.1 km
Bevis's Grave long barrow and early medieval cemetery, 100m west of Belmont Castle
3.7 km
Roman villa and section of Roman road south-west of Littlepark Wood
4.1 km
Fort Purbrook, including covered-way to east
4.6 km
The Castle
5 km
Tourner Bury, Hayling Island, South Hayling
5.7 km
Pickett Hamilton fort, Hilsea
5.8 km
World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (P2) at Sinah Common, 570m south east of Sinah Farm
6.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warblington Castle

Warblington Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Warblington Castle

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~6.6 milesChichesterRoman town · ~8.2 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~21.3 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~17 miles
Domesday entry for Newtimber, Hampshire →
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