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Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England (). It was originally built in the 13th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building. The land was reputedly granted to St Chad, and from then on until the 1870s it was a residence of the Bishop of Lichfield. Since then it has been in private hands. Cromwell's soldiers demolished most of it during the Civil War in 1643. Only one unusual nine-sided tower survives, together with the moat walls and medieval bridge. The existing house was built amongst the ruins in 1693.

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  • Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England (). It was originally built in the 13th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building. The land was reputedly granted to St Chad, and from then on until the 1870s it was a residence of the Bishop of Lichfield. Since then it has been in private hands. Cromwell's soldiers demolished most of it during the Civil War in 1643. Only one unusual nine-sided tower survives, together with the moat walls and medieval bridge. The existing house was built amongst the ruins in 1693.
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  • Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England (). It was originally built in the 13th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building. The land was reputedly granted to St Chad, and from then on until the 1870s it was a residence of the Bishop of Lichfield. Since then it has been in private hands. Cromwell's soldiers demolished most of it during the Civil War in 1643. Only one unusual nine-sided tower survives, together with the moat walls and medieval bridge. The existing house was built amongst the ruins in 1693. At the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of Henry VI, took refuge within the castle after the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459.
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