[1] It was originally a manor house built in Norman times, but because of its strategic importance it was crenellated in 1311 and became a castle.
[2] The surviving evidence suggests the site comprised a courtyard, flanked by short ranges of buildings to the north east and south west, with a tower in the western corner.
A gatehouse stood to the south east, with a hollow way leading from it towards the parish church.
[2] The castle suffered major damage during the English Civil war in the 17th century.
[3] Nowadays, little remains of the castle, just large mounds with some stone wall surviving on the steep bank side.