Horfield Castle
By the early nineteenth century, some
larger houses had begun to appear in the area bordering the South Common. In
1851 a magistrate built a large house, with turrets either side of his gate,
and named his property ‘Horfield Castle’. Previously it had always been known
as Lambert’s house, and before that, Mr Davis’. The house was demolished in the
1950’s and the site remained derelict until a new line of houses were built
there in the 1960’s. Some of the old stone wall surrounding Horfield Castle
remains, and gives an indication of the turrets it once had.