The Gatehouse website record for Beauchamps Court, Alcester

In the civil parish of Alcester. In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

The site of a C14 manor house, represented now by the earthwork remains of a moated island, a fishpond and a series of enclosures. The moated island is sub-rectangular in plan and its surface is slightly raised to the east and at the north western corner, suggesting the location of buried building remains. The island is surrounded by a partially waterfilled moat, the southern and western arms of which have been partly infilled. The remains of a fishpond lie adjacent to the south eastern corner of the moat. A series of dry channels form enclosures on the north side of the moat, one of which contains an area of ridge and furrow. Beauchamp's Court came to the Beauchamp family in 1266 and in 1340 Giles de Beauchamp was granted a licence to crenellate his manor and surround it with a wall of stone. The moat is about 55 by 40m and the ditch is 10-12m wide and 1.5m deep. The S ditch is no longer traceable.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP08535861

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 328447
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 6146 '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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