Shirburn Castle is owned by the Macclesfield Family, it was occupied until 2004 by the 9th Earl of Macclesfield. It is currently empty. It is possible to visit the Historic Church during working hours but you need to obtain a key from the Beechwood Estate. Shirburn Church is still consecrated with occasional services. You cannot see the castle in this video but rather the Gatehouse and the Many outbuildings. The castle which you can see on Google Maps (Satellite) is a fine square moated and turreted castle. A fortified manor house built in 1378 in brick with four towers and a gatehouse and surrounded by a moat. Shirburn Castle appeared in the Inspector Morse 1992 episode "Happy Families" as the home of the Balcombes. There is currently filming going on at Shirburn (Oct 2012) for Hercule Poirot and in a little while for Miss Marple. There seems to be lots of construction work going on at the moment but I don't know what they are doing (Oct 2013). They are doing filming as I drive by at night I can see huge lights may be simulating a fire. (This is nothing to do with the better known Sherborne Castle Dorset) Brad Pitt will be playing the part of a tank commander in a new film called Fury, which is set to be filmed at Bovingdon Airfield. The film will also star Transformers actor, Shia LeBeouf. Crews are currently building a German village set. They are also filming at Shirburn Castle (see comment below). In the news today: . The last remaining working German Tiger tank was restored by experts at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, where it is usually on display will be used for filming at Shirburn Castle. Shirburn has one other side road which leads down to Mafeking Row which probably dates most of the Shirburn Castle complex to the Boer War and has been in steady decline since.

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