Date:1920 - 1922 (c.)
Description:View of the manor house of the castle from the moat. The tower on the left was a red brick tower built by a Mr. Jervis who owned and lived at the castle for a few years in 1880, apparently so that he could see a piece of land from it that he owned. The tower was felt to be unsightly and out of keeping by later owners Mr. and Mrs. W E Carter and it was demolished some time soon after this photograph would have been taken. The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in 1200, when Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp obtained a royal licence to embattle a manor house in the town. The castle was enlarged by Bishop Walter de Langton between 1297 and 1321. In 1643 the castle was badly damaged whilst under siege by Parliamentarian forces during the Civil War, so in the latter half of the seventeenth century Bishop Lloyd built a new house within the ruins of the old. This is the manor house which can still be seen today; all that remains of the original castle is the north-east tower and a bridge, which spans a now dry moat.
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The last surviving tower of Eccleshall Castle, on the north-east corner. Archaeological ...
The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference ...
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Image courtesy of: Eccleshall Library
Donor ref:Eccleshall Lib. No., 56, img: 1959 (18/2403)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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