Kilpeck Castle, Herefordshire

Client :
undisclosed
Architect :
Jon Avent of Mann Williams
Position :
Principal contractor
Total Value :
£145k
Date :
2013

1086: In the Domesday Survey Kilpeck (registered as Chipeete) was given by William the Conqueror to William fitz Norman. The castle is thought to have been built around 1090 as the administrative centre of Archenfield. According to the Domesday Survey, Kilpeck had "3 ploughs, 2 serfs and 4 oxmen and there are 57 men with 19 ploughs" (Frank and Caroline Thorn (eds.), Domesday Book 17, Herefordshire, Phillimore, 1983, 1,53).

Designed by engineers Mann Williams a scheme was implemented to help restrain the historically significant standing remains.

Cbs installed Cintec wall anchors, 6m long ground anchors and stainless steel ties and connectors hidden below ground .

We also consolidated and rebuilt masonry, repointed the structure using lime mortar and soft capped the wall heads