The Gatehouse website record for Caldwall Castle, Kidderminster

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Caldwell Hall; Candalewel

In the civil parish of Kidderminster. In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

King writes sham fortified tower probably C15 and rejects this as a fortified site. Salter gives history back to about 1300 and describes this as tower with now missing hall block with external defenses of marshland and river. PastScape record reads "The octagonal tower with a cellar, built in the late C15/early C16 are the only extant remains of Caldwell Castle. Documentary evidence indicates that there was a fortified manor house here, possibly dating from C12. Excavations between 1961 and 1964 recovered phases dating from C13 to C20." Called 'a fine manor house on the Stour' by Leland

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO830762

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 116423
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