A Grade I listed moated castle, Shirburn Castle is situated in the Oxfordshire village of Shirburn, close to Watlington. Originally built in the fourteenth century, Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield, rebuilt and remodeled it during the Georgian era, making it his family seat. In the early nineteenth century, it underwent more changes. The Macclesfield family firm still owns the castle, and the Earls of Macclesfield lived there until 2004. It once housed a significant library from the ... (Read More)