Historic Houses easily explored from many CLs

Date : August 11, 2021 Author : Ted Howard-Jones - Photo John Clifton Source : Broughton Castle

Broughton Castle, near Banbury, is a moated and fortified manor house. Set in parkland and built of the rich local Hornton ironstone, it was selected by Simon Jenkins as one of only twenty to be awarded five stars in his book England’s Thousand Best Houses.

The core of the house was built in 1306 and the gatehouse in the early fifteenth century, but most of what you see today dates from the 1550’s. It was a centre of opposition to Charles I and was besieged and damaged after the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

Broughton Castle is the family home of the 21st Lord and Lady Saye & Sele, whose family name is Fiennes. The ownership of the Castle has remained in the same family since 1447.

You can explore Boughton Castle when staying at Newton Grove CL, an off-grid CL near the pretty village of South Newington.  Book your stay at Newton Grove here.