Maxstoke Castle, built by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, in 1345, is of a square plan with a broad moat (a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water).
It was built by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, in 1345 to a rectangular plan, with octagonal towers at each angle, a gatehouse on the east, and a residential range on the west, the whole surrounded by a broad moat. 
