Short Tour of Moreton Corbet Castle

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Enter past the remains of the Great Tower (1). Built about 1200 around the time the Corbets came to Morton. This would be the most defensible part of the Castle. Note the first floor fire place.

Go past remains of fireplaces on your left (c.1560) built by Sir . You come to the gatehouse (2). The Gatehouse (1200) replaced a wooden structure. It has a slit for a portcullis. Over the gateway is a stone bearing the letters SAC (Sir Andrew Corbet) and 1579. Andrew Corbet remodelled the Gatehouse and the Eastern range; the outer walls of this range survive (3). There are fireplaces and two Garderobes in this East Range.

Before the Civil War After the Civil War Go past a gap in the East range and you come to the site of a hall or staircase and then to the South range (4), (5) with an enormous dining chamber or withdrawing room (4) on the first floor. Inside are the remains of fireplaces. This south range was built by Robert Corbet (died 1583) and his brother Richard Corbet (died 1606). The Corbet bed was designed for Richard Corbet and is now on show in the museum with his coat of arms on the bed cover.

Aerial view of the Castle The Corbet Bed Pass through the ground floor of the dining chamber (4) and out to the South of the South range (7). Enter the South range again to get into the westernmost room “the West Ante Room”. This has an 18th century vault. From the Western Ante Room go back out of the South range to the south and check the southwest corner of the building with its Gryphon (6). Return to centre of the field (7) and admire the full elevation of the South range as well as the details. Proceed along the south range and then turn left to outside the East range and note relics of earlier windows (8) Then go round the outside of the gatehouse to visit the church which has many lovely monuments to the Corbets.