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Codnor History replied on: 3/24/2006 11:30:56 AM Extract from The Buildings of England a Penguin book on Derbyshire first published 1953,Author Nikolaus Pevsner. Codnor,St.James 1843,by Robert Barker,quite pretty.Stone with narrow W Tower,the body of the church an aisleless parallelogram with lancet windows,white inside,and with a W Gallery on cast iron columns. Codnor Castle,1m.E.Visually impressive,with its cliff-like fragments of masonry rising to a height of 18ft,but archaeologically not very telling,unless one is provided with a plan of the results of excavations. Codnor Castle was built by the Lords Grey of Codnor and later belonged to the Zouche family. It was surrounded by a park of 1,500 acres. It consisted of a Lower and an Upper Court.The former lies W and NW of the present farm-house. It was separated from the Upper Court by a wall with two circular turrets flanking the gateway. In the middle of its W side were two slightly projecting rectangular turrets. The Upper Court contained the most important living quarters, a three-storeyed structure. Masonry dates from two periods, the early C13 and the early C14.The Lower Court was an addition to the earlier Upper Court. PaulR

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