Maxstoke Castle

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Le château en bref

Maxstoke Castle is among the best-preserved 14th-century quadrangular castles in England. Standing alone in the countryside of north Warwickshire, near Coleshill, it forms an almost perfect square of red sandstone walls, with four octagonal towers at the corners and a gatehouse on the east side, all encircled by a broad moat that is still filled with water. Conceived from the outset as a fortified seigneurial residence, it has kept its medieval curtain wall intact, while the ranges built against the inside have been transformed over the centuries, notably in the Elizabethan period. Since the late 16th century it has belonged almost without interruption to the same family, the Dilkes, later Fetherston-Dilkes, who still live there. The castle opens occasionally for guided tours and receptions.