Introduction
Previous features include a chapel, two dovecotes, a moat and a lake.
The site eventually contained a manor house, chapel, two dovecotes and other buildings, all within an extensive moat. The latter widened at its south-eastern corner to form a small lake across which visitors glimpsed the house.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, the buildings were converted into Shingay Hall. The house was pulled down in the late-18th century, the church in 1697 and the ruins of its replacement chapel were removed in 1836. There are foundations of buildings and the extensive moated site can still be discerned. Some old fruit trees still remain in the south-west corner.
- History
In the mid-12th century, the manor of Shingay was given to the Knights Hospitallers who made it their administrative centre for all their lands in the area.
Period
- Medieval (1066-1540)
- 12th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Moat
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- Lake
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- Dovecote
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- Chapel
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- Manor House (featured building)
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- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
Medieval (1066-1540)
Survival
Part: ground/below ground level remains
Civil Parish
Shingay cum Wendy
- References
Contributors
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust