Earthwork and structural remains of a moated, fortified manor house and college of secular priests, the latter extant between 1394 and 1542. A licence to crenellate the manor house was granted in 1342. A document of 1562 describes the site as being enclosed by a stone wall and entered via a gatehouse. Within were stables, servants' lodgings, kitchen, bakehouse, brewhouse, malting house, storehouses, and an aisled hall. This house was probably demolished in C18 and was replaced by a house which was in turn demolished circa 1880. The remains of the fortified house include the gatehouse and part of the curtain wall and barbican.

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Name	Mettingham Castle
Alternative Names
Historic County	Suffolk
Civil Parish	Mettingham
Type	Fortified Manor House
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Masonry ruins/remnants
Listed	Grade 2
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	TM359886
Eastings	635900
Northing	288600
Images of England Reference	282169
PastScape Reference	391619
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Books

• Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p82
• Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p124
• Martin, Edward, 1999 [3edn], 'Medieval Castles' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p58-9
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p236
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p458
• Knowles, David and Hadcock, R Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p432
• Pevsner, N., 1961, The Buildings of England: Suffolk (London, Penguin) p333-4
• Dickenson, 1957, Little Guide to Suffolk p253-4
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
• Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p621
• Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p283-4
• Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p297, 413
• Suckling, 1846,History and Antiquities of Suffolk (London) p173-5
• Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p274

Journals

• Martin, E.A., 1990, 'Mettingham Castle: an interpretation of a survey of 1562' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol37 pt2 p115-23
• Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p319
• Redstone, V.B., 1903, 'Notes on Suffolk Castles.III. Mettingham College and Castle, 1562' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol11 pt3 p315-319
• Manning, C.R., 1865, 'Mettingham Castle and College' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol4 Pt2 p77-89

Primary Sources

• Calendar of Patent Rolls (1343-45) p106
• Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) [lists sources for 1272-1422] p441-2