Woodcroft Castle

Woodcroft Castle was built at the end of the 13th century near the city of Peterborough in the Soke of Peterborough (now in Cambridgeshire).[1] The medieval portions of the castle today include the front range, the circular tower, and the gatehouse.[2] There is debate as to whether the castle originally followed a normal Edwardian quadrilateral design, of which most has since been lost, or if it was simply never fully completed.[3] Early Tudor additions (late 1400s) retained these medieval elements into the current design.[4]

Woodcroft Castle was held by the Royalists during the English Civil War and was successfully besieged and taken by Parliamentary forces in 1648.[5] Dr Michael Hudson, commander of the Royalist garrison, was killed 6 June 1648 at the end of the siege.

The castle is a Grade II* listed building[6] and the 18th-century barn and stable range is Grade II. Today, the castle is a private dwelling.

From Memorials of Old Northamptonshire (1903)

• Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
• List of castles in England

• Pettifer, Adrian. (2002) English Castles: a Guide by Counties. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5.