AN HISTORIC county castle complete with a moat, woodland and jousting field is on the market.

And it would cost less than £1million – or the price of a one-bedroom flat in London – to make Wigmore Castle yours.

With a guide price of £800,000, the grade I listed castle is believed to date back to 921AD and is set in approximately 32 acres which also includes a workshop and orchards.

The ruin is mainly 14th century but parts of the shell wall are Norman and the north-east tower is 13th Century.

A stone castle was built by one of William the Conqueror’s Captains, William Fitzosbern, but he later fell out with the King, and the castle was forfeited to the Mortimers – one of the county's most powerful families.

In 1075 Wigmore Castle became Ralph De Mortimer’s seat in England, and his lands eventually formed the Honour of Wigmore.

Part of the castle was rebuilt by Hugh De Mortimer before he died in 1181, and part of the gate house and the lower walling of the shell-keep date to his lifetime.

In 1601 it was sold by Elizabeth I to Thomas Harley of nearby Brampton Bryan.

His son, Robert, was a supporter of the Parliamentarian cause and in 1643, his wife ordered Parliamentarian troops to dismantle the castle's walls to stop it being used by the opposition.

Agent Stephen Parry, of Stephen Parry & Company, said the castle is likely to be bought by a trust or a charity.

It is in the guardianship of the Secretary of State – English Heritage – which means the new owner would have no liability for the repairs to the castle itself.