Duk da yake dutsen ya kasance mai kyau, ƙananan kulawa ya haifar da mummunan lalacewar wasu sassa na tsarin. An sayi gidan a 1604 da Henry Hastings, 5th Earl na Huntingdon, wanda ke da gidansa a kusa da Ashby-de-la-Zouch. An rushe dukiyar Melbourne kuma an yi amfani da shi a matsayin tushen kayan gini. Duk abin da ya rage na Melbourne Castle a yau shi ne wani ɓangare na bango game da 15 m (50 ft) tsawo da 4 m (13 ft) tsawo da kuma wasu tushe; babu abin da aka sani game da tsarin ciki na tsohon ginin.
rushewa da kuma amfani da shi a matsayin tushen kayan gini