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Title
Severndroog Castle
Date
1784
Medium
brick
Accession number
SE18_AS_S022
Acquisition method
commissioned by Lady Anne James
Work type
Building
Owner
Building Preservation Trust
Custodian
Building Preservation Trust
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
26/03/54
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Castle opening times.
Inscription description
inscription in stone apron below first floor window on the south-west face: This building was erected MDCCLXXXIV by the representative of the late Sir William James, Bart. To Commemorate that Gallant Officer's Atchievements (sic) in the East Indies during his command of the Company's Marine Forces in those seas. And in a particular manner to record the Conquest off the Coast of Malabar which fell to his superior Valour and able Conduct on the 2nd day of April MDCCLV.
