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Description:  Bodiam Castle comprises a quadrangular stone castle set in a moat [140801], with associated ponds [140851], [140826] and possibly [140830] built in or soon after 1386 by Sir Edward Dallingridge. The castle has four drum towers, [140808-11] on the corners, central square towers to W [140812] and E [140813], a gatehouse [140806] on the N central side and postern gate [140807] on the S central side. There was a chapel [140816] on the E side with a great hall [140815] and kitchens [140818] in the S range. There were apartments or groups of rooms in the E [140814], W [140821] and N [140817] ranges around a central open courtyard [140819]. A bridge [140802] linked a barbican [140805] and octagonal platform [140804] to the W bank and a second bridge [140820] linked the postern gate to the S bank. A causeway with later bridge [140803] now allow access to the castle from the N.
The castle and moat are a Listed Building (grade I (1). They form the core of the Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM 24405) (2) under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Act 1979, as amended in 1994. Before that date the pre-amendment defined only the Castle & Moat as being scheduled (East Sussex 2). Following the RCHME survey of 1988 (3) the schedule was extended to include: "A quadrangular castle and its landscaped setting, an associated millpond, medieval crofts and cultivation earthworks, and a World War II pillbox at Bodiam"(4). The various element which make up the castle and its setting are listed and described separately.

Status: Scheduled Monument

Status: Listed Building
Grade: I

Country:  England

County:  East Sussex

District:  Rother

Parish:  Bodiam

Grid Reference:   TQ785256

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 578533, 125660

Period/Subject:  1386 - QUADRANGULAR CASTLE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: 140800
[ADS] Associated Id: HBSMR Id: MNA128395
[ADS] Import RCN: NTSMR-MNA128395

People Involved: 
[Publisher] National Trust