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Blythe Bridge Road, Stoke ST11

Key features

  • Eleven Suites
  • Drawing room
  • Library
  • Billiard room
  • White drawing room
  • Wine cellar
  • Three converted turrets
  • Approximately 20 acres
  • Moat
  • Approximately 18,274 sq ft

Description

Caverswall Castle was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon Manor in 1275 and has an interesting and varied history. The castle is one of the most attractive mansions in Staffordshire.

Drawing room, Library, Dining room, Billiard room, Drawing room, Chapel room, eight suites, six further bedrooms, kitchen. Three converted turrets, a converted gatehouse, Orangery, Workshop, Old dungeon. A lower ground floor with kitchen, Billiard room, Games room, Reception hall, Wine cellar, three stores, Boiler room.

Outside: Grounds, gardens, lakes. In all approximately 20 acres.

The earliest recorded owner was Ernuf de Hesing, a Saxon-holder who was possibly driven from the estate during the Norman Conquest. The Castle then passed to Sir William de Caverwall who incorporated the tributaries to form the moat after he received a 'license to crenellate' his Saxon Manor House in 1275. Within the bailey, Sir William built the keep.

The Castle fell into decay until 1615 when the Mayor of Stafford Matthew Cradon and a wealthy merchant, bought and rebuilt it as a Jacobean mansion circa 1625. The great tower was retained along with its walls and turrets which then became garden pavilions. The gatehouse was then remodelled to match. In the centre of the bailey, attached to the keep, he built an impressive Jacobean manor house.

During the English Civil War the Castle was used as a garrison by parliamentary forces and was deemed as indefensible. It then became a sanctuary to an order of Benedictine Nuns who had escaped the French Revolution. Sir Percival Radcliffe owned the Castle in the mid 19th Century and drained the moat, creating stunning gardens which remain a delightful feature today. The Wedgewood family lived at Caverswall during the 1880's and added the decorative Wedgewood ceiling in the library. In 1891 the castle was bought by Mr W E Bowers who owned the property for forty years and in his ownership a complimentary wing was added. This has now been made into a separate residence.

Caverswall Castle remains as Cradock created it, there are a few later additions although the current owner has lovingly restored the property to an exceptionally high standard and went to great lengths to reinstate the impressive moat.

Stoke-on Trent 6 miles

Stafford 12 miles

M6 (J15) 8 miles

Birmingham 45 miles

Manchester 50 miles
 

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Blythe Bridge Road, Stoke ST11

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  • Blythe Bridge Station0.9 miles
  • Longton Station2.8 miles
  • Wedgwood Station4.6 miles
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