Benington Castle

Benington Castle folly

Benington Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Benington, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire at grid reference TL296236. It is a scheduled ancient monument.^[1]

It was built as a motte and bailey fortress in the late 11th or early 12th century, founded by Peter de Valoignes. In 1136, Roger de Valoignes built a stone castle with a keep. In 1177, King Henry II ordered that the tower be demolished but in 1192 the castle was in use again. It was finally destroyed in 1212, after Robert Fitzwalter rebelled against King John. Only the foundations of the keep and some earthworks now remain. In 1832, George Proctor added a neo-Norman gatehouse, summerhouse and curtain wall.

Access

The castle is in the grounds of a private house, Benington Lordship. Public access is provided on a limited basis.^[2]

References

↑ "1007844 - The National Heritage List for England".
↑ "Benington Castle 1". Retrieved 20 September 2016.

Benington Castle 1
Benington Castle 2
Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

Listed buildings in Hertfordshire

Grade I

Broxbourne	Eleanor Cross Wormleybury

Dacorum	Ashridge Business School Beechwood Park School Beechwood Park Berkhamsted School Old Building St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead

East Hertfordshire	Aston Bury Manor Balls Park Benington Castle (remains) Hertford Castle Gatehouse Hunsdon House Rye House Gatehouse Scott's Grotto St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts St Leonard's Church, Bengeo St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead Waytemore Castle (remains) Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)

Hertsmere	Tyttenhanger House

North Hertfordshire	Church of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock Holy Trinity Church, Weston Royston Cave

St Albans	Clock Tower Old Gorhambury House (remains) Rothamsted Manor St Albans Cathedral St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead St Michael's Church, St Albans Verulamium

Three Rivers	Moor Park

Watford	Holy Rood Church, Watford St. Mary's Church, Watford

Welwyn Hatfield	Brocket Hall Hatfield House

Grade II*

Broxbourne	Rawdon House Theobalds House

Dacorum	Ashlyns Hall Cell Park Dean Incent's House Gaddesden Place Golden Parsonage St Peter's Church, Great Berhamstead Tring Park Mansion

East Hertfordshire	All Nations Christian College All Saints' Church, Hertford Almshouses, Buntingford Bayfordbury Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware Cromer Windmill Fanhams Hall Goldings Haileybury and Imperial Service College Hare Street House Hanbury Manor Marden Hill House Much Hadham Palace St Andrew's Church, Buckland Stansted Hall Youngsbury Stable Block

Hertsmere	Aldenham House Hilfield Castle Lululaund Salisbury Hall Wrotham Park

North Hertfordshire	The Cloisters, Letchworth Hinxworth Place Knebworth House Princess Helena College St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote St Paul's Walden Bury Spirella Building

St Albans	All Saints Pastoral Centre Court House, St Albans New Gorhambury House Redbournbury Mill St Leonard's Church, Sandridge St Nicholas Church, Harpenden St Peter's Church, St Albans St Stephen's Church, St Albans Westwick Cottage

Three Rivers	Hunton Park Langleybury Oxhey Chapel Redheath

Watford	The Grove The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building

Welwyn Hatfield	Digswell Viaduct Shaw's Corner

Other boroughs	Stevenage

Grade II

Broxbourne	Broxbourne railway station Cheshunt Great House (remains)

Dacorum	Goldfield Mill The Green Dragon, Flaunden The Mansion, Berkhamsted Pendley Manor Rex Cinema Rossway Shendish Manor Stocks House

East Hertfordshire	All Saints' Church, Hockerill Benson Memorial Church Brent Pelham Windmill Buntingford Manor House Button Snap Christ Church, Ware Hertford Museum Tooke House The Horns, Bull's Green Little Munden Primary School Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables Red House, Buntingford Rowneybury House The Tilbury, Datchworth The White Horse, Burnham Green The White Horse, Hertford

Hertsmere	The Chequers, Potters Bar Duke of York, Potters Bar Dyrham Park Country Club The Green Man, Potters Bar The Lion, Potters Bar Oakmere House Shenley Hall Shenley Lodge Wall Hall The White Hart, South Mimms The White Horse, Potters Bar Wyllyotts Manor

North Hertfordshire	Ashwell Bury Breachwood Green Mill British Schools Museum Lannock Mill, Weston Letchworth Garden City railway station Minsden Chapel Putteridge Bury St Nicholas' Church, Norton St George's Church, Letchworth Stagenhoe

St Albans	The Blue Anchor The Boot Childwickbury Manor The Cock Colney Heath Mill Fleur de Lys Hare and Hounds The Lower Red Lion The Old Kings Arms Ye Olde Fighting Cocks The Queens Head Rose and Crown The Six Bells St Albans School Sopwell House Sopwell Nunnery (ruins) Verulam House The White Lion

Stevenage	The Barclay School The Thomas Alleyne Academy Trigg's Barn

Three Rivers	Croxley Green Windmill

Watford	High Elms Manor St John's Church, Watford Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Palace Theatre

Welwyn Hatfield	The Beehive, Welwyn Garden City The Brocket Arms Digswell House The Eight Bells, Hatfield Hope and Anchor, Welham Green The Horse and Groom, Hatfield The Green Man, Hatfield The Red Lion, Hatfield Tolmers Park The Wrestlers, Hatfield

Coordinates: 51°53′45″N 0°07′05″W / 51.89589°N 0.11793°W / 51.89589; -0.11793

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