[3] From around 1272 the castle was probably the chief residence of the Baskerville family, although its ownership changed frequently.
In 1403 Henry IV ordered the castle fortified against attacks by Owain Glyndŵr although by 1372 it had already been recorded as ruined.
[1] By the 1640s the castle was in the possession of Sir Humphrey Baskerville, a Royalist, and was burnt down to the ground during the Civil War, with only one of the gatehouses escaping ruin.
A member of the Baskerville family was still living in this ruin in 1670 in comparative poverty.
What remained of the castle was demolished by William Barnesley after he acquired the estate, where he built Eardisley House.