Buckden Structure Buckden Structure would be a residence from the medieval bishops of Lincoln subsequently, permitting a half way break around the journey from London for their cathedral city. This Episcopal structure was entirely reconstructed in brick by Thomas Rotherham, who grew to become bishop in 1472. After his transfer to You are able to in 1480, it had been performed by Bishop Russell. The dominant feature is really a tower patterned around the great brick tower at Tattershall Castle. Buckden's tower home is oblong in plan with octagonal in shape corner turrets rising above parapet level. However, it's less ambitious in scale and lacks the machicolated crown, which provides Tattershall such distinction. The broad chimneybreast is really a prominent and altogether domestic feature. Another apparent weakness may be the tower's closeness towards the steeple from the parish chapel. They're separated only through the width from the former moat. This really is usual for the castellated mansions from the later Dark Ages and implies that the builder was interested in status than defense, though such towers should have had some value as refuge in case of local danger. The tower house could help as a self-contained residence however the structure structures were much more extensive. The interior courtyard contained a deluxe suite of residential structures which is a pity they've all disappeared. It's unusual to locate a courtyard of the era, which isn't quadrangular, therefore the layout was most likely determined by a mature moated enclosure. Along with the tower house, the interior courtyard preserves its diapered gate tower, with a variety of ancillary structures attached and the size of wall hooking up the gatehouse towards the tower house. This wall is pierced by arrow-slits but is simply too thin for any genuine curtain - the wall-walk is transported on the row of archways. A lot of the precinct wall survives, plus an outer gate giving access in the Traditional.