Stokesay Castle is a Welsh border fortified manor house has survived very much unaltered since it was built at the end of the thirteenth century. It consists of a large hall, a three-storey tower, private apartments, a seventeenth century gatehouse and a curtain wall. The majority of the existing manor house was built by a wool trader Lawrence of Ludlow from 1281 onwards. In 1291 Lawrence obtained a licence to crenelate which meant that he could build a stone tower with battlements. This construction probably happened just after Edward I had defeated Llywelyn and the resulting peace allowed Lawrence to built his manor without fear of attack.

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