M.W. Thompson noted numerous architectural similarities between Chartley, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire and also Beeston Castle in Cheshire,  all thought to have been built under de Blondeville.
M.W. Thompson pointed out the similarities in architecture between Chartley, Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, and Beeston Castle in Cheshire, which are thought to have been built during the same period as de Blondeville's reign.