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 identified several architectural correspondences between Chartley, Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, and Beeston Castle in Cheshire, all of which are believed to have been constructed under de Blondeville's rule.