The Gatehouse website record for Gresham Castle

In the civil parish of Gresham. In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).

Fortified Manor House, licence to crenellate granted to Sir Edmund Bacon in 1319. Earlier castle of De Stuteville family stood on site. In 1450 it was captured without much effort by Lord Moleyns from John Paston. Flint. Plan, square with corner turrets. Moated site. Walls now lm - 3m high. Circa 40m square with corner turrets c10m diameter, these at north east, north west and south west visible. Inside the walls now very overgrown, the wall now a retaining wall for earth inside. It is reported that large timbers of a drawbridge and an entrance to a passage along with the keel of a boat where found in 1846 when the moat was cleaned out.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG16663807

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 131951
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 6620 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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