Stokesay Castle
E104910
Stokesay Castle is a remarkably well-preserved fortified medieval manor house in rural England, famed for its timber-framed great hall and picturesque setting.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stokesay | 3 |
| Stokesay Castle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T883339 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stokesay Castle Context triple: [Shropshire, contains, Stokesay Castle]
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A.
Goodrich Castle
Goodrich Castle is a well-preserved medieval fortress in Herefordshire, England, renowned for its dramatic hilltop setting above the River Wye and its impressive 12th–13th century stone architecture.
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B.
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a historic stately home and ancestral seat of the Dukes of Rutland, renowned for its dramatic hilltop setting and neo-Gothic architecture in the English countryside.
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C.
Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle is a 17th-century hilltop mansion and former fortress in Derbyshire, England, renowned for its ornate interiors, riding school, and panoramic views over the surrounding countryside.
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D.
Douglas Castle
Douglas Castle is a historic stronghold in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, long associated with the powerful Clan Douglas.
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E.
Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stokesay Castle Target entity description: Stokesay Castle is a remarkably well-preserved fortified medieval manor house in rural England, famed for its timber-framed great hall and picturesque setting.
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A.
Goodrich Castle
Goodrich Castle is a well-preserved medieval fortress in Herefordshire, England, renowned for its dramatic hilltop setting above the River Wye and its impressive 12th–13th century stone architecture.
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B.
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a historic stately home and ancestral seat of the Dukes of Rutland, renowned for its dramatic hilltop setting and neo-Gothic architecture in the English countryside.
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C.
Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle is a 17th-century hilltop mansion and former fortress in Derbyshire, England, renowned for its ornate interiors, riding school, and panoramic views over the surrounding countryside.
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D.
Douglas Castle
Douglas Castle is a historic stronghold in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, long associated with the powerful Clan Douglas.
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E.
Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grade I listed building
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fortified manor house ⓘ medieval manor house ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
fortified manor
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medieval ⓘ timber-framed ⓘ |
| builtFor | Laurence of Ludlow ⓘ |
| category |
English Heritage properties in Shropshire
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castles in Shropshire ⓘ historic houses in Shropshire ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 13th century ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| era | medieval period ⓘ |
| hasPart |
gatehouse
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great hall ⓘ moat (remains) ⓘ north tower ⓘ solar block ⓘ south tower ⓘ timber-framed gatehouse ⓘ timber-framed upper stories ⓘ |
| hasView | surrounding countryside ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed building
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scheduled monument ⓘ |
| inception | late 13th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Craven Arms
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River Onny ⓘ
surface form:
River Onny valley
Shropshire ⓘ Stokesay Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Stokesay
West Midlands ⓘ
surface form:
West Midlands region
rural England ⓘ |
| locatedNear | A49 road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
stone
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timber ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Stokesay Castle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Stokesay
|
| notableFor |
combination of domestic and defensive features
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picturesque rural setting ⓘ remarkably well-preserved medieval fabric ⓘ timber-framed great hall ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected historic site ⓘ |
| region | Ludlow area ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedAs |
fortified residence
ⓘ
manor house ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stokesay Castle Description of subject: Stokesay Castle is a remarkably well-preserved fortified medieval manor house in rural England, famed for its timber-framed great hall and picturesque setting.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stokesay
this entity surface form:
Stokesay
this entity surface form:
Stokesay