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HISTORY |
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| Close to The White Horse can be found the castle earthworks of Castle Pulverbatch. In 1086 Roger Venator held the manor of Castle Pulverbatch and it is possible he was responsible for the construction of the castle. The castle earthworks include a castle mound or motte. Local tradition has it that there was masonry on the site although none exists there now. Pulverbatch does not do anything by halves and there is a second motte with two rectangular baileys close to Wilderley Hall Farm. For more information see the Village Web Site
The White Horse Inn is partly 14th or 15th century in origin. It contains 3 cruck trusses, in positions which suggest that they may be the remains of two houses at right angles to each other and an exposed timber frame (square and rectangular panels) to the ground floor. The building was extensively re-modelled early in the 17th century and was a farm-house until the 19th century Beside the front door, there is a poem inscribed on a piece of wood:
Pulverbatch consists of two settlements: Castle Pulverbatch & Church Pulverbatch. The later is known locally as Churton, probably as a corruption of 'Church Town' - it possesses the church, while the White Horse Innn is in Castle Pulverbatch. |
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