Re-modelling of the Castle in the Tudor Period
The work Humphrey Ferrers commissioned between 1576 and 1607 included:
- Altering the external wall on the north side of the castle by installing bay windows into first floor dining room, Day Parlour and ante-chamber.
- Enlargement of the garrets floor on the 2nd storey on the north range, made of brick.
- Built NE stair turret. An inner staircase lobby linked the hall to the first floor reception rooms.
- Tower staircase from 1st floor to second floor: A staircase running from the Lady's Chamber up to the Guard Room. A cupboard now conceals the alcove where the spiral staircase was once located leading to the 2nd floor Guard room.
- Construction of the Elizabethan wing on the south side of the castle: a 3 storeys high with ogee shaped gables at south front.
- Storeyed Porch. The porch has a Loggia. The Ferrers room canted bay window is similar to the former windows on the front of the south range.