[2] Astley is Knebly in George Eliot's Mr Gilfil's Love Story, published in 1857.

An Anglo-Saxon carving of a sundial from an earlier church was preserved in the tower.

It is mainly the chancel of the 1343 building and the original east window incorporated into the tower.

Preserved in the church are effigies of the Grey family, eighteen choir stalls painted with images of the prophets and apostles and, on the ceiling, 21 heraldic shields of Midlands families.

The Landmark Trust has transformed the castle into a holiday home by constructing a new building within the ruin.