The impressive ruins of Moreton Corbet Castle are the product of over five hundred years of building. The original fortified house of about 1100, probably built of timber, was replaced in stone about 1200, and the Corbet family ambitiously remodelled the building in the 16th century. By the 18th century, however, the castle had been abandoned as a residence.
A castle was first established in about 1100 by the Torets, a family of Saxon descent. It passed by marriage after 1239 into the hands of the Corbets, who gave their name to the village. The first castle buildings were probably entirely of timber.
In the 16th century the castle was extensively remodelled in two phases. First, Sir Andrew Corbet (d.1578) erected a two-storey range between the medieval great tower and gatehouse. It housed a kitchen with a massive brick chimneystack, a larder on the ground floor and accommodation on the first floor. Sir Andrew also built a new east range, a section of which was dismantled later when his eldest son, Robert, inherited the castle.