I revisited Moreton Corbet Castle to see if anything has changed - historical landmark - WithShano
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Yo whats good guys, today I take you to a place that I explored when I first started exploring in 2019. I went back to Morton Corbett castle because I wanted to talk more about the history on camera and also talk about some of the ghostly sightings that people have apparently witnessed here. I myself have done a paranormal investigation at night here but never caught anything.
Unfortunately i couldnt take the drone up as there is a nearby RAF base and the airspace is restricted. Anyway folks I hope you like the video and photos. Thanks for looking 😎
History taken off the internet: The impressive ruins of Moreton Corbet Castle are the result of over 800 years of building, combining elements of a medieval castle and a fashionable Elizabethan mansion. The original timber castle of about 1100 was replaced in stone about 1200. In the 1560s Sir Andrew Corbet began to remodel the castle, and from 1579 his son Robert began its transformation into a spectacular mansion with an elaborate three-storey south range and a formal garden. After 1680, however, the Corbets lost interest in the castle as a residence and it slowly fell into decay.
Today the Elizabethan range endures as its most impressive building, while parts of the 13th-century castle, including a fine gatehouse, also survive.
THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE
The Torets, a family of Saxon descent, established the first castle in about 1100. The first buildings were of timber. They were encircled by earth and timber defences, including the ditch – originally a deep obstacle – visible alongside the west wall.
From about 1200, however, this castle was rebuilt in stone, with a wall enclosing a bailey or courtyard, including the now semi-ruinous gatehouse and great tower. This stone castle was in the same tradition as other fortified residences of the Welsh Marches.
In February 1216 Bartholomew Toret held the castle as part of the rebellion against King John (reigned 1199–1216) in the First Barons’ War (1215–17), which followed Magna Carta. It was besieged and captured for the king by William Marshal, but later restored to the Torets.
The castle passed to Richard Corbet by his marriage to Bartholomew’s daughter, Joanna. Corbet’s family name was to become attached to the village, replacing the earlier name of Moreton Toret.
THE ELIZABETHAN MANSION
In the 16th century the castle was extensively remodelled in two phases. First, around 1560 Sir Andrew Corbet (1522–78), a prominent royal servant, erected a two-storey range between the medieval great tower and gatehouse. It housed a kitchen with a massive brick chimneystack, a larder on the ground floor and accommodation on the first floor.
Sir Andrew also remodelled the gatehouse at this time. His decision, and that of successive owners, to preserve its austere and fortified medieval frontage is remarkable. It suggests that the Corbets wanted the building to preserve its ancestral character as a castle.
A panel above the gatehouse arch is carved with Sir Andrew’s initials, SAC, and the Corbet family emblem of an elephant and castle, a symbol of strength. The date, 1579, indicates that the panel was erected posthumously to commemorate Sir Andrew’s restoration of the castle.
Sir Andrew also built a new east range, a section of which was dismantled later when his eldest son, Robert, inherited the castle.
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