Broughton Castle, Banbury
Oxfordshire in Historic Houses UK

Broughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house near Banbury in North Oxfordshire.

Set in parkland and built of the rich local Hornton ironstone, it was selected by Simon Jenkins as one of only twenty to be awarded five stars in his book England’s Thousand Best Houses.

The core of the house was built in 1306 and the gatehouse in the early 15th century, but most of what you see today dates from the 1550’s.

Broughton was a centre of opposition to Charles I and was besieged and damaged after the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

The Castle is home to the 21st Lord and Lady Saye & Sele, whose family name is Fiennes. The ownership of the Castle has remained in the same family since 1447.