Built as a medieval stone fortification in the village of Beverston, Glouce

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Built as a medieval stone fortification in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England, Beverston Castle is often referred to as Tetbury Castle or Beverstone Castle. The property consists of the medieval ruins of the fortified structure, a manor house, several other small buildings, and expansive gardens. Maurice de Gaunt founded the castle in 1229. According to a 2019 report, a large portion of the castle was still in ruins and had not been inhabited since the 17th century. However, a number of structures on the 693-acre property were being used as residences, including the seven-bedroom house from the 17th century and five cottages. The original castle was designed in the shape of a pentagon. A twin-towered gatehouse and a modest quadrangular fortification were erected at the beginning of the 14th century. Beverston Castle is located roughly two kilometers east of Calcot Manor, the medieval abbey annex, and three kilometers west of Tetbury. Although it is conceivable that earlier Iron Age peoples would have also inhabited this area, early Roman remains discovered nearby at Calcot Manor show that this area was inhabited as early as the fifth century. During the Middle Ages, the location was referred to as Beverstane and then as Beverstone. Because so many blue stones were discovered here, Bureston was another early name for this location. Around 1140 AD, during The Anarchy, the place saw a significant battle between the opposing English troops of King Stephen and Empress Matilda. Anglo-Saxon nobleman Robert Fitzharding ,1095–1170, established the feudal barony of Beverston and was also given the feudal barony of Berkeley in Gloucestershire. He established the Berkeley family, who currently occupy Berkeley Castle, and restored it. The enormous surviving west range of Beverston Castle features a solar above a vaulted undercroft and square towers flanked on either side. Two of the round towers from original 13th-century construction of de Gaunt still stand, albeit in ruins, inside the pentagon-shaped masonry castle. Lord Berkeley added the two-story gatehouse in the 1350s and 1360s, which still has one D-shaped tower standing. An enormous portcullis would have previously defended the gatehouse arch, which was completely intact as of 2006. #History #Architecture #Castles

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