BASING HOUSE


Description:  Medieval motte and bailey castle with keep, possibly 12th century in date, converted to a fortified house after 1531, and with 17th century defences. After 1531, the site was redeveloped as a fortified house with the construction of the Old House. This was constructed of brick in English Bond with a entrance via a bridge spanning the ditch between the motte and bailey. The New House was also constructed about the same time outside and to the north east of the castle. It comprised a series of rectangular buildings arranged around a central courtyard. Both buildings survive as ruins. In the Civil War, the defences around the bailey were extensively remodelled.The site was stormed by Cromwell in 1645. Excavations have also identified a possible saxon settlement and recovered Mesolithic and Bronze Age flint, and Iron Age and Roman pottery.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  HAMPSHIRE

District:  BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE

Parish:  OLD BASING

Grid Reference:   SU66355259

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 466350, 152590

Period:  POST MEDIEVAL, ROMAN, 1100 - 1199, 1200 - 1399, 1531, 1642 - 1645, 1680, 43 - 410, 450 - 1066, BRONZE AGE, IRON AGE, MEDIEVAL, MESOLITHIC, EARLY MEDIEVAL

Subject:  BASTION, CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE, DRAWBRIDGE, EARTHWORK, FIND, FINDSPOT, FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE, GATEHOUSE, KEEP, LITHIC IMPLEMENT, MOTTE AND BAILEY, RUINED BUILDING, SETTLEMENT, SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT, VESSEL

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: SU 65 SE 9
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-240444

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England