Castles in England
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Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
s in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is not a list of every building and site which has the word "castle" as part of its name, but nor is it a list only of those buildings which conform to a strict definition of a castle as a medieval fortified residence. It is primarily a list, not of castles that were built in England, but of buildings and remains that have survived. In almost every case the buildings that survive are either ruined, or have been altered over the centuries. As a consequence, the question as to whether a given site is that of a medieval castle has not been taken to be a sufficient criterion for determining whether or not that site should be included in the list.
Vanished castles or those whose remains are barely visible are not listed, although exceptions have been made for some important or well-known buildings and sites. Fortification
Fortification
Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs...
s from before the medieval period are not listed, nor are architectural follies
Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs...
. In other respects it is difficult to identify clear and consistent boundaries between two sets of buildings, comprising those that indisputably belong in a list of castles and those that do not. The criteria adopted for inclusion in the list include such factors as: how much survives from the medieval period; how strongly fortified the building was; how castle-like the surviving building is; whether the building has been given the title of "castle"; how certain it is that a medieval castle stood on the site, or that the surviving remains are those of a medieval castle; how well-known or interesting the building is; and whether including or excluding a building helps make the list, in some measure, more consistent.
In order to establish a list that is as far as possible comprehensive as well as consistent, it is necessary to establish its boundaries. Before the list itself, a discussion of its scope includes lengthy lists of buildings which for various reasons are excluded from the main lists. The Castellarium Anglicanum, an authoritative index of castles in England and Wales published in 1983, lists over 1,500 castle sites in England. Many of these castles have vanished or left almost no trace. The present list includes more than 800 medieval castles of which there are visible remains, with over 300 having substantial surviving stone or brick remains.
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History
A castleCastle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
is a type of fortified structure, developed in Europe during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. The first castles appeared in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the 10th century, and in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
during the 11th. A few castles are known to have been built in England before the Normans
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
invaded in 1066; a great many were built in the years following, the principal mechanism by means of which the Normans were able to consolidate their control over the country. Whilst a few important castles, such as the White Tower
White Tower (Tower of London)
The White Tower is a central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London.-History:The castle which later became known as the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror in 1066. It began as a timber fortification enclosed by a palisade. In the next decade work began on the White Tower, the...
in the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
, were built of stone, most early castles were motte-and-bailey
Motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
castles of earthwork and timber, which could be constructed very quickly. Some were later rebuilt in stone, but there are a great many castle sites in England where all that is visible today are traces of earthworks.
Castles continued to be built in England for several hundred years, reaching their peak of military sophistication in the late 13th century. The two principal elements in their construction were the great tower or keep
Keep
A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the...
, such as the White Tower, and the fortified enclosure, such as is provided by the outer wall of the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
. During the 14th century, largely as a result of the decline of feudalism
Feudalism in England
Feudalism as practiced in the Kingdom of England, in the traditional sense, is a state of human society which is formally structured and stratified on the basis of land tenure and the varieties thereof...
, the construction of strong castles began to decline, in favour of more lightly fortified structures often described as fortified manor houses. In the far north of England, where conditions remained unsettled, fortified buildings continued to be built as late as the 16th century, not only by the rich and powerful but by any with adequate means, as defence not against great armies, but against the notorious Border Reivers
Border Reivers
Border Reivers were raiders along the Anglo–Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Their ranks consisted of both Scottish and English families, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality...
. Many took the form of the pele tower
Peel tower
Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
, a smaller, more modest version of the castle keep, and many of these still survive, often incorporated in later buildings.
Fortification
Fortifications are military constructions and buildings designed for defence in warfare and military bases. Humans have constructed defensive works for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs...
s in that they were generally private fortified residences. A castle was typically the residence of a feudal lord
Feudalism in England
Feudalism as practiced in the Kingdom of England, in the traditional sense, is a state of human society which is formally structured and stratified on the basis of land tenure and the varieties thereof...
, providing the owner with a secure base from which to control his lands, as well as a symbol of wealth and power. Earlier fortified structures, such as the Saxon burh
Burh
A Burh is an Old English name for a fortified town or other defended site, sometimes centred upon a hill fort though always intended as a place of permanent settlement, its origin was in military defence; "it represented only a stage, though a vitally important one, in the evolution of the...
or the Iron Age
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
hill fort
Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
, provided public or communal defences, as did the town or city walls
Defensive wall
A defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city or settlement from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements...
which were built in medieval times. The many Roman forts
Castra
The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position. The word appears in both Oscan and Umbrian as well as in Latin. It may have descended from Indo-European to Italic...
of which ruins survive in Britain differed in being wholly military in nature, camps or strongholds of the Roman army
Roman army
The Roman army is the generic term for the terrestrial armed forces deployed by the kingdom of Rome , the Roman Republic , the Roman Empire and its successor, the Byzantine empire...
: the Romans also built town or city walls in England which can still be seen, for instance at Silchester.
By the 16th century the role of fortifications had changed once more with the development of artillery capable of breaching even thick stone walls. In the reign of Henry VIII, fears of invasion led to the building of a series of new fortresses along the south coast of England, known as the Device Forts
Device Forts
The Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, are a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the southern coast of England by Henry VIII. After his divorce of Catherine of Aragon England was left politically isolated, and the peace of Nice between France and Spain in 1538 aroused...
or Henrician Castles. These were designed to use and to defend against artillery, and since they were not private residences, but national fortifications, they do not possess what architectural historians have come to see as the defining characteristics of a castle. Nonetheless they are visibly castle-like, being compact, with battlemented walls, squat turrets and sometimes a keep; and they were the last generation of fortresses in England to be known as castles, long before architectural historians began to argue that they should not be. One of them, Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle is a Henrician castle, also known as one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, in the English county of Cornwall. It was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and...
, was one of the last Royalist strongholds to fall to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
—starvation forcing surrender after a siege of five months.
Herstmonceux Castle
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built Tudor castle near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, United Kingdom. From 1957 to 1988 its grounds were the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory...
were built with fortifications seemingly designed more for show than for strength, implying a further evolution in the role and concept of the castle, becoming less a means of enforcing power but instead a symbol of its possession, a castle becoming a grand residence proclaiming the status of its owner. Once fortifications had become altogether redundant, it became increasingly rare in England for new buildings to be described as castles, in contrast to France, where country houses continued to be known as château
Château
A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...
x.
Once no longer needed as fortresses, castles—if they were not abandoned—were, over the centuries, adapted and modernised to make them more suitable for continued use as residences: large windows were inserted in defensive walls, as at Lumley
Lumley Castle
Lumley Castle is a 14th century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:...
; outer walls were demolished or lowered to open up views from within, as at Raby
Raby Castle
Raby Castle is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron...
; new residential ranges were built to improve and extend accommodation, as at Windsor
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
. Some castles were restored after falling into ruin, like Bamburgh
Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:...
; others, like Belvoir
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir . It is a Grade I listed building....
, were demolished and rebuilt, retaining little or none of the original structure. In the 18th and 19th centuries especially, many castles underwent "improvements" by architects such as Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations...
, and in this period a fashion developed for entirely new houses to be built in the style of castles, and to be known as castles. Amongst these was Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle is a country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...
, built by Salvin: a building so authentic in its recreation of a medieval castle that it has been described as possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain.
Scope and exclusions
No list of castles in England can ever be complete, because there will never be complete agreement in every case as to whether the remains of a building are those of a castle, whether a given place is the site of a castle, or whether a surviving building should be considered to be a castle.Perhaps because the castle has become the most familiar type of fortification, there are a great many sites in England of fortifications earlier than the 10th century which have become known as castles. Most of these are Iron Age
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
hill fort
Hill fort
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period...
s: amongst the best known are Abbotsbury Castle
Abbotsbury Castle
Abbotsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, situated on Wears Hill above the village of Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle. The fort was occupied by the Celtic Durotriges tribe and was situated on a high chalk hill...
, Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Wiltshire, England. It is one of several such forts found along the ancient Ridgeway route. The site, which lies within the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, has been managed as a country park by Swindon Borough Council since 1971...
, Bratton Castle
Bratton Castle
Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age hillfort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the Salisbury Plain escarpment...
, Cadbury Castle
Cadbury Castle, Somerset
Cadbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and associated with King Arthur.-Background:...
, Castle Dore
Castle Dore
Castle Dore is an Iron Age and early mediaeval hill fort near Fowey in Cornwall, United Kingdom located at .- Description and History :It consists of circular bank and ditch enclosure with a second enclosure nearby thought to have been an animal corral...
, Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort near Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The fort was built around two and a half thousand years ago, and fell into disuse until the 6th century AD when it was possibly reoccupied to protect the nearby tin mines. It stands beside a prehistoric trackway...
, Liddington Castle
Liddington Castle
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age hill fort in the English county of Wiltshire....
, Maen Castle
Maen Castle
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in Cornwall. It is one of only two fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found...
, Maiden Castle
Maiden Castle, Dorset
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort south west of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age...
and Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is all that remains of an early Iron Age hill fort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the eastern end...
, whilst many more appear in the List of hill forts in England. Others, such as Melandra Castle, Reculver Castle, Richborough Castle and Whitley Castle, are Roman forts
Castra
The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position. The word appears in both Oscan and Umbrian as well as in Latin. It may have descended from Indo-European to Italic...
, whilst Daw's Castle
Daw's Castle
Daw's Castle is a sea cliff hill fort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537....
is a Saxon burh
Burh
A Burh is an Old English name for a fortified town or other defended site, sometimes centred upon a hill fort though always intended as a place of permanent settlement, its origin was in military defence; "it represented only a stage, though a vitally important one, in the evolution of the...
. None of these is included in the present list unless it is also the site of a medieval castle, as is the case with, for instance, Portchester Castle
Portchester Castle
Portchester Castle is a medieval castle built within a former Roman fort at Portchester to the east of Fareham in the English county of Hampshire. Probably founded in the late 11th century, Portchester was a baronial castle that was taken under royal control in 1154. The monarchy controlled...
, where an imposing castle was built within the surviving walls of the Roman fort.
Nor are all medieval fortified sites included in the present list. The remains of town and city walls are excluded — most of these appear in the List of town walls in England and Wales. Also excluded are churches with defensive towers, such as Ancroft
Ancroft
Ancroft is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. Prior to 1844, Ancroft lay within the Islandshire exclave of County Durham. It is south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and has a population of 885....
, Burgh by Sands
Burgh by Sands
Burgh by Sands is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, situated near the Solway Firth. The parish includes the village of Burgh by Sands along with Longburgh, Dykesfield, Boustead Hill, Moorhouse and Thurstonfield....
, Edlingham
Edlingham
Edlingham is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland in the north of England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 196. The road to Alnwick passes close by the village and the town of Rothbury is about away....
, Garway
Garway
Garway is a civil parish in south-west Herefordshire, England. It is set on a hillside above the River Monnow about 10 km northwest of Monmouth. It is a sparsely populated area, mainly agricultural in nature...
, Great Salkeld
Great Salkeld
Great Salkeld is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith.The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Little Salkeld...
and Newton Arlosh
Newton Arlosh
Newton Arlosh is a village in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria.-Landmarks:St. John the Evangelist's Church is one of the most complete fortified churches in the area. In ruins from the Dissolution until the 19th century, it was repaired and extended in 1844...
, as well as other fortified ecclesiastical sites such as Alnwick Abbey
Alnwick Abbey
Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. It was dissolved in 1535, refounded in 1536 and finally suppressed in 1539. It was granted to the Sadler and Winnington...
, Battle Abbey
Battle Abbey
Battle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St...
, Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey
Thornton Abbey was founded as a priory in 1139 by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of Abbey in 1148. It was a house for Augustinian or black canons. These priests lived a communal life under the Rule of St Augustine but also undertook pastoral duties outside of the...
, Wetheral Priory, Whalley Abbey
Whalley Abbey
Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is now the Retreat and Conference House of the...
and St Mary's Abbey, York
St Mary's Abbey, York
The Abbey of St Mary in York, once the richest abbey in the north of England, is a ruined Benedictine abbey that lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, on a steeply sloping site to the west of York Minster. The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olave...
. Some of the pele towers
Peel tower
Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
of Northern England are included, but the more modest fortified buildings known as bastles
Bastle house
Bastle houses are a type of construction found along the Anglo-Scottish border, in the areas formerly plagued by border Reivers. They are farmhouses, characterised by elaborate security measures against raids...
are not, though the distinction between them is not always altogether clear. Amongst fortified manor houses, those given the title of castle are included: many others were more lightly fortified and are excluded, amongst these are Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton
The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton , located just north of the historic town of Warwick in the English county of Warwickshire, was probably established sometime in the 13th century. When large areas of the Forest of Arden were cleared and eventually converted to farmland this large...
, Cowdray House
Cowdray House
Cowdray House consists of the ruins of one of England's great Tudor houses, architecturally comparable to many of the great palaces and country houses of that time. It is situated just east of Midhurst, West Sussex standing on the north bank of the River Rother...
, Farnhill Hall
Farnhill
Farnhill is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Sutton-in-Craven and about south-east of Skipton. Farnhill is also across the canal from Kildwick and there is a church in Kildwick. There is a primary school next to the church and...
, Hipswell Hall
Hipswell
Hipswell is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It acts in many ways as a suburb of Catterick Garrison, into which it merges. It is the birthplace of noted English theologian John Wycliffe, leader of the Lollard Movement.Hipswell parish is formed by...
, Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote is a medieval moated manor house close to the village of Ightham, near Sevenoaks in Kent .The name "mote" derives from "moot", "meeting [place]", rather than referring to the body of water....
, Little Wenham Hall
Little Wenham
Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Wenham Parva within Babergh district....
, Markenfield Hall
Markenfield Hall
Markenfield Hall, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, is one of the finest surviving early fourteenth-century English country houses; it was built by John de Markenfield, an associate of Piers Gaveston and a servant of Edward II. A license to crenellate was issued for Markenfield in 1310, the same year...
and Walburn Hall
Stainton, Richmondshire
Stainton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the border of the Yorkshire Dales, with a population of 54...
.
Pele towers which became known as castles, or preserve a castle-like aspect, are included in the present list. Many others, or their remains, have survived much altered, incorporated in later country houses or farmhouses, and are excluded from the list: amongst these are Aske Hall
Aske Hall
Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It contains an impressive collection of 18th-century furniture, paintings and porcelain, and in its grounds a John Carr stable block converted into a chapel in...
, Biddlestone RC Chapel
Biddlestone RC Chapel
Biddlestone RC Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone, near Netherton, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building, and is one of the few remains of the former mansion known as Biddlestone Hall....
, Bolling Hall
Bolling Hall, Bradford
Bolling Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is currently used as a museum and education centre. The building is about a mile from the centre of Bradford. Its surroundings are suburban in character....
, Bolton Old Hall, Boltongate Rectory
Boltongate
Boltongate is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated about north-east of Cockermouth.All Saints Church, Boltongate has a stone tunnel-vaulted roof said to be the only one of its kind in England. The nearby Rectory incorporates a 15th century pele tower....
, Causey Park House
Causey Park House
Causey Park House is a 16th century former manor house with Grade II listed building status situated at Causey Park, Northumberland, England. The Manors of Ogle , and Causey Park and Bothal were merged by the marriage of Robert Ogle and Ellen Bertram in the 14th century.The house was built in 1589...
, Clennell Hall
Clennell Hall
Clennell Hall is an historic manor house, now operated as a country hotel, situated at Clennell, near Alwinton, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The Clennell family held the manor of Clennell from the 13th century....
, Cliburn Hall, Corbridge Low Hall, Cowmire Hall
Cartmel Fell
Cartmel Fell is a hill, hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. The parish has a population of 309.St. Anthony's Church was built as a chapel of ease for Cartmel Priory in about 1504, and has changed little since...
, Craster Arms (Beadnell)
Beadnell
Beadnell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated about south-east of Bamburgh, on the North Sea coast, and has a population of 528....
, Croglin Old Pele
Croglin
Croglin is the name of a village, beck , and grange in Cumbria in England.Croglin is a quiet picturesque fellside village between the Pennines and the River Eden, about south-east of Carlisle. The surrounding land is used for agriculture, mainly sheep...
, Denton Hall
Nether Denton
Nether Denton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in rural Cumbria, situated about north-east of Carlisle, by the A69 road.St. Cuthbert's Church at Nether Denton is built at the site of a Roman fort, around south of Hadrian's Wall on the Stanegate road. The present building dates from...
, Dovenby Hall
Dovenby Hall
Dovenby Hall is a Grade II listed country house in Dovenby, about north-west of Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. The estate totals .- History :...
, Dunstan Hall
Craster
Craster is a small fishing village on the Northumbrian coast of England. It has a small and attractive harbour and offers a view northwards along the rocky shore to the spectacular ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle. This is the nearest point of access to the castle and the approach must be made on...
, East Shaftoe Hall, Godmond Hall
Bowston
Bowston is a village in Cumbria, England, situated about north of Kendal, beside the River Kent. It has an old, probably 17th century, bridge over the river which is a Grade II listed structure. A rare VR postbox can be seen in the wall at the junction of Burneside Road and Potter Fell road.The...
, Great Salkeld Rectory
Great Salkeld
Great Salkeld is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith.The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Little Salkeld...
, Hardrigg Hall
Ellonby
Ellonby is a hamlet in the parish of Skelton, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria.To the north of the hamlet, at Hardrigg Hall, a ruined 14th century pele tower adjoins a 19th century farmhouse.- References :...
, Hepscott Hall, Hetton Hall, Hollin Hall
Crook, Cumbria
Crook is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland District of the English county of Cumbria, located on the B5284 road between Kendal and Windermere. In the 2001 census the population was 340....
, Hutton Hall (Penrith)
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....
, Irton Hall
Holmrook
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west....
, Johnby Hall
Johnby
Johnby is a hamlet in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about from the large town of Penrith and about from the village of Greystoke...
, Killington Hall
Killington, Cumbria
Killington is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland District of the county of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 152. Killington gives its name to Killington Lake, after which Killington Lake services is named, although this is located in the neighbouring parish of New...
, Kirkoswald College
Kirkoswald, Cumbria
The village, civil parish and former market town of Kirkoswald lies in the Lower Eden Valley of Cumbria, formerly Cumberland, about from Penrith. The village is usually referred to locally as KO....
, Levens Hall
Levens Hall
Levens Hall is a manor house in the county of Cumbria in northern England. The first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era, when the Bellingham family extended the house...
, Little Harle Tower
Little Harle Tower
Little Harle Tower is a privately-owned country house with 15th-century origins, at Little Harle, Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building....
, Nether Hall, Netherby Hall, Ormside Hall
Great Ormside
Great Ormside is a small village in the parish of Ormside, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a few miles away from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. It is near the River Eden. There is also the smaller neighbouring hamlet of Little Ormside. It also has a church...
, Pockerley Pele
Beamish, County Durham
Beamish, previously named 'Pit Hill', is a village in County Durham, England situated to the north east of Stanley.The village is contained within Hell Hole Wood and is home to Beamish Museum, an open-air museum seeking to replicate a northern town of the early 20th century...
, Preston Patrick Hall
Endmoor
Endmoor is a small village within Cumbria, England, situated close to the A65 road. It is about from Kendal, just south of Oxenholme, and is in the parish of Preston Richard....
, Randalholme Hall
Alston Moor
Alston Moor is an area of moorland and civil parish in Cumbria, England, based around the small town of Alston. The parish had a population of 2,156 at the 2001 census. As well as the town of Alston, the parish includes the villages of Garrigill and Nenthead, along with the hamlets of Nenthall,...
, Rock Hall
Rock Hall, Northumberland
Rock Hall is a privately-owned 18th-century country house, now occupied by a school, at Rock, Rennington, near Alnwick, Northumberland . It is a Grade II* listed building....
, Rudchester Hall, Sella Park, Selside Hall
Selside
Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, situated about north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Whitwell and Selside,though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal....
, Skelsmergh Hall
Skelsmergh
Skelsmergh is a small village and civil parish in rural Cumbria, situated about north of Kendal, on the A6 road.St. John the Baptist Church at Skelsmergh dates from about 1871. Skelsmergh Hall incorporates a pele tower, probably built in 1425, with late 16th century and early 17th century additions...
, Smardale Hall
Smardale
Smardale is a small village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Waitby.-Geography and history:The village of Smardale lies in hilly agricultural land at a height of around 1.75 km southeast of Crosby Garrett and 3.5km west of Kirkby Stephen...
, Thistlewood Farmhouse
Castle Sowerby
Castle Sowerby is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 337, and includes the hamlets of How Hill, Millhouse, Newlands, Sour Nook, Southernby and Sowerby Row....
, Warnell Hall
Sebergham
Sebergham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria. It is located on the B5305, south of Carlisle and south-east of Wigton....
, Weetwood Hall and Witton Tower.
In the post-medieval period, the distinction between true castles and the later mock castles is blurred by the extent to which medieval castles were adapted and rebuilt. At Greystoke
Greystoke Castle
Greystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England. .In 1069, after the Norman conquest the English landlord Ligulf of Greystoke was re-granted his land and he built a wooden tower surrounded by a pale . The first stone structure on the...
a new castle was built incorporating a medieval pele tower; at Thurland
Tunstall, Lancashire
Tunstall is a village in north Lancashire, England . It is northeast of Lancaster on the A683 road between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale. In the 2001 census the civil parish of Tunstall had a population of 105....
a new castle was built from the ruins of the old; at Belvoir
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir . It is a Grade I listed building....
the old castle was demolished and a new one built. The building of mock castles might be seen as the logical conclusion of a process already apparent in castles such as Herstmonceux
Herstmonceux Castle
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built Tudor castle near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, United Kingdom. From 1957 to 1988 its grounds were the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory...
or Tattershall, where the castle-like aspect of the building was becoming more for show than for strength.
Amongst post-medieval buildings in England which are known as castles, there is Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle is a country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...
, which is exceptional in its authenticity; many others such as Clearwell Castle
Clearwell Castle
Clearwell Castle is a mock Gothic mansion located in Clearwell, Gloucestershire. First known as Clearwell Court, it was built for Thomas Wyndham in 1728 to replace an older house which occupied same site. Its name was changed to Clearwell Castle in 1908....
which have some castle-like features; and some like Mereworth Castle
Mereworth Castle
Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England.Originally the site of a fortified manor licensed in 1332, the present building is not actually a castle, but was built in the 1720s as an almost exact copy of Palladio's Villa Rotunda. It was designed in 1723...
which bear no resemblance whatsoever to a castle. Buildings which neither have the appearance of castles, nor incorporate the remains of castles in their fabric, are excluded from this list: amongst these are Bolebroke Castle
Bolebroke Castle
Bolebroke Castle is a 15th century hunting lodge. Built around 1480, it is said to be the earliest brick-built building in Sussex. It is located north of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex. Henry VIII is said to have stayed at Bolebroke when he went hunting for wild boar and deer in nearby...
, Bovey Castle
Bovey Castle
Bovey Castle is a large early 20th century mansion on the edge of Dartmoor, near Moretonhampstead, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed buildingand is now a hotel.-History:...
, Bruce Castle
Bruce Castle
Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built. Believed to stand on the site of an earlier building, about which little is known, the current house is one of the...
, Castle Ashby
Castle Ashby
Castle Ashby is the name of a civil parish, an estate village and an English country house in rural Northamptonshire. Historically the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby Manor, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton. The village has one small pub-hotel, The Falcon. At the time...
, Castle Howard
Castle Howard
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh...
, Clifton Castle
Clifton-on-Yore
Clifton-on-Yore is a civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.In parkland by the river Ure is Clifton Castle, a country house built c1800 on the site of a fourteenth century castle, of which a piece of walling survives.....
, Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle is a country house in the Jacobethan style, with park designed by Capability Brown. The 1,000 acre estate is in the English county of Hampshire, about south of the border with Berkshire, and south of Newbury...
, Mereworth Castle
Mereworth Castle
Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England.Originally the site of a fortified manor licensed in 1332, the present building is not actually a castle, but was built in the 1720s as an almost exact copy of Palladio's Villa Rotunda. It was designed in 1723...
, New Wardour Castle
New Wardour Castle
New Wardour Castle is an English country house at Wardour, near Tisbury in Wiltshire, built for the Arundell family. The house is of a Palladian style, designed by the architect James Paine with additional pieces from Giacomo Quarenghi, who was a principal architect of the Imperial Russian capital...
, Sherborne Castle
Sherborne Castle
Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The park formed only a small part of the Digby estate.-Old castle:Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of the mansion...
, Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle is a stately home and estate near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was originally the seat of the Earls of Strafford. An older house existed on the estate, then called Stainborough, when it was purchased by Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby , in 1711...
and Wisbech Castle
Wisbech Castle
Wisbech castle was a motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech, in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire, England by William I in 1072. The Norman castle, reputedly was destroyed during a devastating flood of 1236, the original design and layout is still unknown.In the 15th century repairs were...
. Many other buildings which do have some castle-like features are nonetheless excluded: amongst these are Acton Castle, Allerton Castle
Allerton Castle
Allerton Castle, formerly "Allerton Park" is a Grade I listed nineteenth century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house at Allerton Mauleverer in North Yorkshire, England...
, Augill Castle
Brough, Cumbria
Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore. The village is on the A66 trans-Pennine road, and the Swindale Beck, and is about south east of Appleby-in-Westmorland...
, Avon Castle
St Ives, Dorset
St Ives is a village in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It lies close to the border between Dorset and Hampshire, near Ringwood, Verwood and Ferndown. The parish of St Leonards and St Ives has a population of 6,672 ; 41.6% are retired....
, Bell's Castle
Kemerton
Kemerton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire in England. It lies at the extreme south of the county in the local government district of Wychavon. Until boundary changes in 1931, it formed part of neighbouring Gloucestershire, and it remains in the Diocese of Gloucester...
, Bolesworth Castle
Bolesworth Castle
Bolesworth Castle is a country house south of the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.-History:...
, Bude Castle, Castle Eden Castle
Castle Eden
For the similarly named castle in Aberdeenshire, see Eden Castle.Castle Eden is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the south of Peterlee, Wingate, the A19 and Castle Eden Dene...
, Castle Goring
Castle Goring
Castle Goring is a grade one listed country house in Worthing, in Sussex, England.The building to some extent defies categorisation, being neither fully a castle, nor is it fully in Goring. The word is often used for English country houses constructed after the castle-building era and not...
, Cave Castle
South Cave
South Cave is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately to the west of Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. North Cave is approximately to the north west.- Overview :...
, Clearwell Castle
Clearwell Castle
Clearwell Castle is a mock Gothic mansion located in Clearwell, Gloucestershire. First known as Clearwell Court, it was built for Thomas Wyndham in 1728 to replace an older house which occupied same site. Its name was changed to Clearwell Castle in 1908....
, Cliffe Castle
Cliffe Castle Museum
Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, is a local heritage museum which opened in the grand, Victorian, neo-Gothic Cliffe Castle in 1959. The museum is the successor to Keighley Museum which opened in Eastwood House, Keighley, in ca.1892. There is a series of galleries dedicated...
, Coates Castle, Creech Castle, Droskyn Castle
Perranporth
Perranporth is a small seaside resort on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is southwest of Newquay and northwest of Truro. Perranporth and its long beach face the Atlantic Ocean....
, Edmond Castle
Edmond Castle
Edmond Castle is a nineteenth century structure north of the village of Hayton, Cumbria in England. The history of Edmond castle is intertwined with the Graham family....
, Enmore Castle
Enmore Castle
Enmore Castle is a historic building in the village of Enmore, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building.-Construction:Enmore was the seat of the family of William Malet who built a great house, although the original date of construction is uncertain. The house passed to Elizabeth Malet...
, Ewell Castle, Farleigh Castle
Farleigh House
Farleigh House is a large country house in the English county of Somerset that was formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and much of the stone came from Farleigh Hungerford Castle.The house is a Grade II listed building....
, Farley Castle
Farley Castle
Farley Castle is an early 19th century modern house situated at Farley Hill, Berkshire, Swallowfield, Berkshire.The Gothic-styled, two-storey house in red brick with battlements and round turrets, was built by Martin-Atkins and Woodbury circa 1810, and was the former home of Benjamin Brodie.From...
, Fillingham Castle
Fillingham
Fillingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 170. It is north of Lincoln just off the A15....
, Hatherop Castle
Hatherop
Hatherop is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about north of Fairford in Gloucestershire. The River Coln forms part of the western boundary of the parish.-History:...
, Headingley Castle
Architecture of Leeds
The architecture of Leeds, a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, encompasses a wide range of architectural styles and notable buildings. As with most northern industrial centres, much of Leeds' prominent architecture is of the Victorian era...
, Highcliffe Castle
Highcliffe
Highcliffe-on-Sea is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast...
, Hilfield Castle
Elstree
Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5 road, about 10 miles north of London. In 2001, its population was 4,765, and forms part of the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood, originally known simply as Elstree....
, Kenwith Castle, Kirby Knowle Castle
Kirby Knowle
Kirby Knowle is a village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North Yorkshire Moors and near Upsall, about 4 miles north east of Thirsk....
, Knepp Castle, Luscombe Castle
Luscombe Castle
Luscombe Castle is a country house situated near the resort town of Dawlish, in the county of Devon in England. The house was built in 1800 for Charles Hoare, a prominent banker whose sister, Henrietta, was the widow of Sir Thomas Acland of Killerton, near Exeter.The house was designed by John...
, Midford Castle
Midford Castle
Midford Castle is a folly castle in the village of Midford, and the parish of Southstoke south of Bath, Somerset, England.The castle was built in 1775 for Henry Disney Roebuck from designs by John Carter in the shape of the "clubs" symbol used in playing cards...
, Mulgrave Castle, Otterburn Tower
Otterburn, Northumberland
Otterburn is a small village in Northumberland, England, northwest of Newcastle Upon Tyne on the banks of the River Rede, near the confluence of the Otter Burn, from which the village derives its name. It lies within the Cheviot Hills about from the Scottish border...
, Pentillie Castle
Pentillie
Pentillie is a grade II* listed country house and estate, located on the banks of the River Tamar in Pillaton, near to St Mellion, in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom...
, Reeve Castle
Zeal Monachorum
Zeal Monachorum is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about north-west of Exeter, situated on the River Yeo...
, Ryde Castle, St. Clare Castle
St. Clare Castle
St. Clare Castle is a castellated mansion in Appley on the Isle of Wight. It was the family seat of St Clare, Appley. Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort visited several times, while Princess Alice and Prince Louis honeymooned at St. Clare in 1862. St. Clare Castle is situated on the...
, Sibdon Castle
Sibdon Carwood
Sibdon Carwood is a hamlet and small parish in Shropshire, England. To its east is the small market town of Craven Arms.-The hamlet:The community is quite dispersed, though there is a core hamlet at the heart of the Sibdon Castle estate...
, Sneaton Castle, Stanhope Castle
Stanhope, County Durham
Stanhope is a small market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley on the north side of Weardale. The A689 trans-Pennine road meets the B6278 road from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge here....
, Studley Castle
Studley Castle
Studley Castle is a 19th century country house at Studley , Warwickshire which is now occupied as a hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building.The manor of Studley was owned by the Lyttleton family and was bequeathed by Philip Lyttleton to his niece Dorothy, who married Francis Holyoake...
, Swinton Castle
Swinton Park
Swinton Park, the seat of the Danby family and of the Cunliffe-Lister family is an English country house in Swinton near Masham, North Yorkshire, England. It is set in of parkland, lakes and gardens...
, The Citadel (Weston-under-Redcastle), Tregenna Castle
Tregenna Castle
Tregenna Castle, in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by John Stephens in the 18th century. The estate was sold in 1871 and became an hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today.The castle is a Grade II Listed building...
, Vanbrugh Castle, Wadhurst Castle, Wattisham Castle, Whitehaven Castle, Whitstable Castle
Whitstable
Whitstable is a seaside town in Northeast Kent, Southeast England. It is approximately north of the city of Canterbury and approximately west of the seaside town of Herne Bay. It is part of the City of Canterbury district and has a population of about 30,000.Whitstable is famous for its oysters,...
, Willersley Castle
Willersley Castle
Willersley Castle is a late 18th century country mansion situated above the River Derwent at Cromford, Derbyshire which is now a Grade II* listed building....
and Willsbridge Castle
Willsbridge
Willsbridge is a village in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, England, located on the outskirts of Bristol. Willsbridge Castle, situated on a prominent hillside site, was built c1730, with crenellations added in the nineteenth century....
.
Artificial ruins and follies
Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs...
, often built as memorials or landscape features, are also excluded: amongst these are Appley Tower
Appley, Isle of Wight
Appley is an area of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.. Until the early 1960s, it was largely based on the former English country house of Appley Towers and neighbouring Appley Farm...
, Black Castle
Black Castle Public House
Black Castle Public House is a historic building in Junction Rd, Brislington, Bristol, England. It is also known as Arno's Castle.It was built in 1745—1755 as a folly sham castle and office, but may have originally been a stable block and laundry for the lord of the manor...
, Bladon Castle
Bladon Castle
Bladon Castle is a folly, partly converted into a country house, located some southwest of the village of Newton Solney in South Derbyshire, northeast of Burton-on-Trent and close to the point at which the River Trent forms the boundary with Staffordshire...
, Blaise Castle
Blaise Castle
Blaise Castle is an 18th century mansion house and estate near Henbury in Bristol , England. Blaise Castle was immortalised by being described as "the finest place in England" in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey....
, Bollitree Castle
Weston-under-Penyard
Weston under Penyard is a small village in Herefordshire, England.It lies on the A40 road two miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The Penyard is a prominent hill....
, Boston Castle, Braylsham Castle, Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower is a folly located on Broadway Hill, A44 between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh, one mile south-east of the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, England, at the second highest point of the Cotswolds after Cleeve Hill. Broadway Tower's base is 1,024 feet above sea level. The tower...
, Carr Hall Castle, Clent Castle, Clopton Tower
Clopton House
Clopton House is a 17th-century country mansion near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, now converted into residential apartments. It is a Grade II* listed building....
, Dinton Castle
Dinton Castle
Dinton Castle is located just north of the village of Dinton, in Buckinghamshire and was built as an eyecatcher from Dinton Hall by Sir John Vanhattem in 1769. He used the castle to store his collection of fossils in the limestone walls.According to Rev...
, Doyden Castle
Port Quin
Port Quin is a small cove and hamlet between Port Isaac and Polzeath on the Atlantic coast in north Cornwall, England, UK.The hamlet and the coastline is mainly owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty; the Trust rents out several of the stone cottages as...
, Dunstall Castle, Durlston Castle
Durlston Castle
Durlston Castle stands within Durlston Country Park, a 1.13 square-kilometre country park and nature reserve stretching along the coastline south of Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset.-Preamble:...
, Fort Putnam
Greystoke, Cumbria
Greystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about west of Penrith. The village centres on a green surrounded by stone houses and cottages.-Buildings:...
, Hadlow Castle
Hadlow Castle
Hadlow Castle is a Grade I listed country house and tower in Hadlow, Kent, England.-History:Hadlow Castle replaced the manor house of Hadlow Court Lodge. It was built over a number of years from the late 1780s by Walter May in an ornate Gothic style. The architect was J B Bunning...
, Lawrence Castle, Long's Park Castle
West Ashton
West Ashton is a village civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is two miles south of Trowbridge, on the A350 road between Melksham and Yarnbrook bypassing Trowbridge....
, Mow Cop Castle
Mow Cop Castle
Mow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop, near Harriseahead in the county of Staffordshire, England.Traces of a prehistoric camp have been found here, but in 1754, Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built an elaborate summerhouse looking like a medieval fortress and round tower.The Castle was given...
, Mowbray Castle, Pirton Castle, Radford Castle
Hooe, Plymouth
Hooe is a small suburb of Plymstock, part of the City of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.It has a pleasant site adjacent to the estuary of the River Plym and has been built over the site of the once grand house and estate of Radford the family seat of the Harris family.Hooe consists of two...
, Radway Tower
Radway
Radway is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire about north-west of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire.The village is at the foot of Edge Hill and is notable for the Battle of Edgehill, one of the early major engagements of the English Civil War, which was fought in fields around the village...
, Ragged Castle (Badminton)
Badminton House
Badminton House is a large country house in Gloucestershire, England, and has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century, when the family moved from Raglan Castle, which had been ruined in the English Civil War...
, Rivington Castle, Rodborough Fort
Rodborough
Rodborough is a civil parish in the district of Stroud, Gloucestershire, in Southwest England. It is directly south of the town of Stroud, north of the town of Nailsworth and north-west of the village of Minchinhampton...
, Ross Castle, Rothley Castle
Rothley Castle
Rothley Castle is an 18th-century gothic folly built to resemble a medieval castle, situated at Rothley, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building....
, Roundhay Castle, Sebergham Castle
Sebergham
Sebergham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria. It is located on the B5305, south of Carlisle and south-east of Wigton....
, Severndroog Castle
Severndroog Castle
Severndroog Castle is a folly situated in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in south-east London in the London Borough of Greenwich. It was designed by architect Richard Jupp in 1784....
, Shaldon Castle
Shaldon
Shaldon is a village in South Devon, England. It is located opposite Teignmouth in South Devon, England and situated on the River Teign. It has been described as "a quaint English drinking village, with a fishing problem". The village is a popular bathing place and is characterised by Georgian...
, Sham Castle (Bath)
Bathwick Hill, Bath
Bathwick Hill in Bath, Somerset, England is a street lined with historic houses, many of which are designated as listed buildings. It climbs south east from the A36 towards the University of Bath on Claverton Down, providing views over the city....
, Sledmere Castle
Sledmere
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that is situated approximately north west of Driffield on the B1253 road.Together with the hamlet of Croome it forms the civil parish of Sledmere and Croome....
, Speedwell Castle, Stainborough Castle
Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle is a stately home and estate near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was originally the seat of the Earls of Strafford. An older house existed on the estate, then called Stainborough, when it was purchased by Thomas Wentworth, Lord Raby , in 1711...
, Starlight Castle
Seaton Sluice
Seaton Sluice is a village in Northumberland. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the Seaton Burn, midway between Whitley Bay and Blyth. It has a population of about 3,000 people.- Early history :...
, Stowe Castle, Strattenborough Castle, Sundorne Castle
Sundorne
Sundorne is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, county town of Shropshire. It is located 2 km north of the town centre. The B5062 road begins at Heathgates Roundabout and is called Sundorne Road in the Sundorne area, before crossing the Shrewsbury by-pass at Sundorne Roundabout and heading east...
, Toll House (Clevedon) and Wyke Castle
Wyke Regis
Wyke Regis is a village in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach. Wyke is south of the county town, Dorchester...
. Finally, the 16th century Henrician Castles, whose design was closely inspired by medieval castles, are included, but later military fortifications—with just a few exceptions—are not.
However carefully constructed might be the basis for including a building or site on a list such as this, it is inevitable there will be borderline cases, or distinctions made which seem arbitrary or difficult to justify. Many buildings which are known to incorporate northern pele towers
Peel tower
Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger...
in their fabric, but which are no longer castle-like, such as the Red Lion Tower in Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, situated east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall, and the villages of Plenmeller, Rowfoot and Melkridge...
, have been excluded from the list. On the other hand Corby Castle
Corby Castle
Corby Castle is an ancestral home of the Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England....
, in which a pele tower has been wholly encased in a later building, is included because it is known as a castle, and by implication therefore in some part continued to fulfil the role of one. Kimbolton Castle
Kimbolton Castle
Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of Manchester from 1615 until 1950...
has been included as the site of a medieval castle, and because the present mansion has a castellated aspect in deference to the medieval castle it replaced.
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| Name | Usually the name of the surviving building, but not always—for instance the remains of the historic Bampton Castle were incorporated in a later building known as Ham Court |
| Type | Usually the type of castle represented by the predominant surviving fortified remains |
| Date | Usually the dates of the principal building works relating to the surviving remains |
| Condition | An indication as to what remains of the original castle structure |
| Image | The building or site as it currently exists |
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BedfordshireBedfordshireBedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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Bedford Castle
Bedford Castle
Bedford Castle was a large medieval castle in Bedford, England. Built after 1100 by Henry I, the castle played a prominent part in both the civil war of the Anarchy and the First Barons' War. The castle was significantly extended in stone, although the final plan of the castle remains uncertain...
was demolished following a well-documented 8-week siege by Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
, with around 2000 men, in 1224.
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| Someries Castle Someries castle Someries Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the Parish of Hyde, near the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It was built in the 15th century by Sir John Wenlock... |
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Brick, unfinished, ruined gatehouse and chapel survive. |
BerkshireBerkshireBerkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Donnington Castle Donnington Castle Donnington Castle is a ruined medieval castle, situated in the small village of Donnington, just north of the town of Newbury in the English county of Berkshire.- History :... |
Castle | Fragment | Built by Richard Abberbury the Elder Richard Abberbury the Elder Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder was the Chamberlain to Anne of Bohemia, Queen to King Richard II of England.Richard was the son of Thomas Abberbury of Donnington in Berkshire and Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire. He married to Agnes, the daughter of Chief Justice Sir William Shareshull and was... , destroyed in English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... , gatehouse survives. |
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| Windsor Castle Windsor Castle Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it... |
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Royal palace | Restored and extended by James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt RA , was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.-Early classical career:... and Jeffry Wyattville Jeffry Wyattville Sir Jeffry Wyattville was an English architect and garden designer. His original surname was Wyatt, and his name is sometimes also written as Jeffrey and his surname as Wyatville; he changed his name in 1824.He was trained by his uncles Samuel Wyatt and James Wyatt, who were both leading architects... , 1800–30. |
BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
Castles of which only vestiges remain include:
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BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Boarstall Tower Boarstall Tower Boarstall Tower is a 14th-century moated gatehouse located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now, with its surrounding gardens, a National Trust property.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Moated site, gatehouse survives, altered 16–17th centuries, converted to house 20th century. |
CambridgeshireCambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Buckden Palace Buckden Towers Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace, is a 12th-century fortified manor house, located on High Street, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment |  |
Claretian Claretians The Claretians, a community of Roman Catholic priests and brothers, were founded by Saint Anthony Claret in 1849. They strive to follow their founder's “on fire” example and help wherever they are needed. Their ministries are highly diverse and vary depending on the needs of the area. They focus... conference centre |
Renamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with 19th century house. | |
| Elton Hall Elton Hall Elton Hall is a baronial hall in Elton, Cambridgeshire. It has been the ancestral home of the Proby family since 1660.The hall lies in an estate through which the River Nene runs... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Gatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662–1689, remodelled and extended 18–19th centuries. | |||
| Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of Manchester from 1615 until 1950... |
Castellated house | Intact | School | Site of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by Sir John Vanbrugh 1707–10. | ||
| Kirtling Tower Kirtling Tower Kirtling Tower was a medieval castle and Tudor country house in Cambridgeshire, England, of which the gatehouse still remains.-History:The first documentary records for Kirtling Tower date from 1219, and the 13th century Kirtling Castle was described as having a moat, a ditch and a palisade... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | NGS | 16th century gatehouse on supposed site of moated Saxon Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of... castle. |
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| Longthorpe Tower Longthorpe Tower Longthorpe Tower is a fourteenth century, three-storey tower in the care of English Heritage, situated in the village of Longthorpe, now a residential area of Peterborough in the United Kingdom, about two miles to the west of the city centre.... |
Tower house | Intact |  |
Elaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings. | ||
| Northborough Castle Northborough Castle Northborough Castle, also known as Northborough Hall, is a medieval fortified manor house in Cambridgeshire, England.-History:Northborough Castle was built between 1333 and 1336 by Roger Northburgh, the Bishop of Lichfield; of the original manor, only the gatehouse and the hall still survive... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private | Gatehouse and hall survive, with 16–17th century alterations. | ||
| Woodcroft Castle Woodcroft Castle Woodcroft Castle is a converted medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.-History:Woodcroft Castle was built at the end of the 13th century near the town of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Named after the Woodcroft family who owned it at around this time, the medieval remains... |
Quadrangular castle | Habitable fragment | Private | West range of original building survives, with alterations. |
CheshireCheshireCheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Beeston Castle Beeston Castle Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England , perched on a rocky sandstone crag above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, , on his return from the Crusades... |
Enclosure castle | Ruins |  |
Sited on crag high above Cheshire Plain Cheshire Plain The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland situated almost entirely within the county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is bounded by the hills of North Wales to the west, and the Peak District of Derbyshire and North Staffordshire to the east and southeast... , 19th century outer gatehouse. |
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| Chester Castle Chester Castle Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls . The castle stands on an eminence overlooking the River Dee. In the castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle together with the... |
Keep and bailey | Fragment | Agricola tower sole feature of medieval castle to survive 18th century fire. | |||
| Cholmondeley Castle Cholmondeley Castle Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is surrounded by a estate.-House:... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Marquess of Cholmondeley Marquess of Cholmondeley Marquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley. Each Marquess of Cholmondeley is a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.... |
Transformed into castle by Smirke Robert Smirke (architect) Sir Robert Smirke was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture his best known building in that style is the British Museum, though he also designed using other architectural styles... , 1817–19. |
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| Doddington Castle | Tower house | Substantially intact | Private | Also known as Delves Hall. Building At Risk. | ||
| Halton Castle Halton Castle Halton Castle is in the former village of Halton which is now part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The castle is situated on the top of Halton Hill, a sandstone prominence overlooking the village... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | Duchy of Lancaster Duchy of Lancaster The Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch... |
Commanding position, 13th century tower, 18th century courthouse, folly Folly In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs... of c.1800. |
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| Peckforton Castle Peckforton Castle Peckforton Castle is a country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact |  |
Hotel | By Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... , possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain. |
County DurhamCounty DurhamCounty Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Auckland Castle Auckland Castle Auckland Castle is a castle in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England.... |
Keep and bailey | Rebuilt | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Mostly 16th century, fragments remain of medieval castle, residence of the Bishop of Durham. | ||
| Barnard Castle Barnard Castle (castle) Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1950... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
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| Bowes Castle Bowes Castle Bowes Castle is in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England . Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.It was built in the corner of an old Roman fort guarding the Stainforth Pass through the Pennines. Around 1136, Alan, Count of Brittany, built a castle in the north-west corner of... |
Keep | Fragmentary remains | Ruins of keep survive. | |||
| Brancepeth Castle Brancepeth Castle Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham . It is a Grade I listed building.-History:... |
Keep and bailey | Reconstructed |  |
Private | Substantial medieval portions including 5 towers incorporated in 19th century rebuilding. | |
| Durham Castle Durham Castle Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been wholly occupied since 1840 by University College, Durham. It is open to the general public to visit, but only through guided tours, since it is in use as a working building and is home to over 100 students... |
Keep and bailey | Rebuilt | University College, Durham University College, Durham University College, commonly known as Castle, is a college of the University of Durham in England. Centred around Durham Castle on Palace Green, it was founded in 1832 and is the oldest of Durham's colleges. As with all of Durham's colleges, it is, independently of the University, a listed body... |
Much altered during continuous occupation since c.1072. | ||
| Lambton Castle Lambton Castle Lambton Castle, located in County Durham, England, between the towns of Washington and Chester-le-Street, is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Wedding venue / Earl of Durham Earl of Durham Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the prominent Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832... |
Later additions demolished following subsidence. | ||
| Lumley Castle Lumley Castle Lumley Castle is a 14th century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:... |
Quadrangular castle | Intact | Hotel / Earl of Scarbrough Earl of Scarbrough Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1690 for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley. He is best remembered as one of the Immortal Seven who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law James II... |
Altered c.1580 and 1721. | ||
| Mortham Tower Greta Bridge Greta Bridge is a village on the River Greta in County Durham, England.-Geography and administration:Greta Bridge lies in the Pennine hills near to Barnard Castle... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Private | 15th century tower, formerly in Yorkshire. | ||
| Raby Castle Raby Castle Raby Castle is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron... |
Castle | Intact | Lord Barnard |
Altered 18–19th centuries. | ||
| Raby Old Lodge Staindrop Staindrop is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle. Lord Barnard of Raby Castle also resides on the border.The village has one of the long greens typical of County Durham... |
Tower house | Restored | Holiday accommodation | Probably built as a hunting lodge for the Neville family of Raby Castle Raby Castle Raby Castle is situated near Staindrop in County Durham and is one of the largest inhabited castles in England. The Grade I listed building has opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors inside a largely unchanged, late medieval shell. It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron... . |
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| Scargill Castle | Tower house | Fragment | Private, farm | Amongst farm buildings. | ||
| Walworth Castle Walworth Castle Walworth Castle is a 16th century mansion house, built in the style of a medieval castle and situated at Walworth, near Darlington, County Durham, England. It is a Grade 1 listed building. It was completed around 1600, probably by Thomas Holt for Thomas Jenison. It stands on the site of a former... |
Sham castle | Restored | Hotel | South-west tower and adjoining wall possibly medieval. | ||
| Witton Castle Witton Castle Witton Castle is a much altered 15th century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building.-Details:... |
Castle | Restored | Caravan site | Extended 1790–5. Used as a leisure centre for a caravan site. |
CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Caerhays Castle Caerhays Castle Caerhays Castle is a semi-castellated manor house located south of St Michael Caerhays, a village in Cornwall, England. It is situated overlooking Porthluney Cove on the English Channel... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Built 1808 by John Nash John Nash (architect) John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and... . |
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| Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.... |
Sham castle | Intact | Restaurant | Possible medieval hunting lodge rebuilt 18–19th centuries. | ||
| Ince Castle Ince Castle Ince Castle is three miles from Saltash, Cornwall, England. It is not a castle in the conventional sense, but a manor house built of brick. It was built in 1642, at the start of the English Civil War and was captured in 1646. Attached to the house are four three-storey towers with walls 1.2 metres... |
Semi-fortified house | Intact | NGS | House may have been held against the Roundheads in 1646. | ||
| Launceston Castle Launceston Castle Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. .-Early history:The castle is a Norman motte and bailey earthwork castle raised by Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror shortly after the Norman conquest, possibly as early as 1067... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | ||||
| Pendennis Castle Pendennis Castle Pendennis Castle is a Henrician castle, also known as one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, in the English county of Cornwall. It was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and... |
Artillery fort | Intact | |
Withstood 5-month siege in 1646. | ||
| Pengersick Castle | Fortified manor house | Fragment | 4-storey tower remains, with later building. | |||
| Place House, Fowey Place House Place House is a Grade One listed building located in Fowey, Cornwall, England.Home of the Treffry family since the thirteenth century, the original structure was a fifteenth century tower, which was defended against the French in 1475 by Dame Elizabeth Treffry... |
Tower house | Rebuilt | Private | Original tower house defended against the French in 1475, subsequently strengthened, later rebuilt. | ||
| Restormel Castle Restormel Castle Restormel Castle is situated on the River Fowey near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for its perfectly circular design... |
Shell keep | Ruins |  |
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| St Catherine's Castle St Catherine's Castle St Catherine's Castle is a small fort commissioned by Henry VIII. It is a two-storey building built to protect Fowey Harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom. A twin battery of 64-pdr RMLS was added on a lower terrace in 1855... |
Artillery fort | Ruins | At mouth of River Fowey River Fowey The River Fowey is a river in Cornwall, United Kingdom.It rises about north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, passes Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then broadens at Milltown before joining the English Channel at Fowey. It is only navigable by larger craft for the last .... . |
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| St. Mawes Castle St Mawes Castle St Mawes Castle and its larger sister castle, Pendennis, were built as part of a defensive chain of fortresses by Henry VIII to protect the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom... |
Artillery fort | Intact | Position not defensible from land attack. | |||
| St. Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount is a tidal island located off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish and is united with the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water.... |
Fortified site | Substantially intact | Castle and priory church comprise single building. | |||
| Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, adjacent to the village of Tintagel in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, due to an array of artefacts dating to this period which have been found on the... |
Twin bailey | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Trematon Castle Trematon Castle Trematon Castle is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is similar in style to the later Restormel Castle, with a 12th century keep. Trematon Castle overlooks Plymouth Sound and was built probably by Robert, Count of Mortain on the ruins of an earlier Roman fort: it is a... |
Shell keep | Ruins | Duchy of Cornwall Duchy of Cornwall The Duchy of Cornwall is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch inherits the duchy and title of Duke of Cornwall at the time of his birth, or of his parent's succession to the throne. If the monarch has no son, the... |
CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
Castles of which only earthworks, vestiges or no traces remain include:
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| Appleby Castle Appleby Castle Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby, Cumbria overlooking the River Eden . It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is known as Caesar's tower, and a mansion house. These, together with their associated buildings, are set in a courtyard surrounded by curtain walls... |
Keep and bailey | Restored | Private | Restored 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford was the only surviving child of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by his wife Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford... . |
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| Armathwaite Castle Armathwaite Castle Armathwaite Castle is in the village of Armathwaite, Cumbria by the River Eden . It is a Grade II* listed building.It is a four-storeyed pele tower which was built in the 15th century with alterations in the late 17th or early 18th centuries. An extension was added in the late 18th and there were... |
Tower house | Intact | Private | Incorporated in later buildings. | ||
| Arnside Tower Arnside Tower -History:Arnside Tower was built in the second half of the 15th century; tower houses were then often built in the insecure areas of northern England and southern Scotland. Constructed of limestone rubble, the tower was originally five storeys high, measuring 50 feet by 34 feet... |
Tower house | Ruins | Private | Freestanding tower house. | ||
| Askerton Castle Askerton Castle -History:Askerton Castle was built in the village of Askerton in Cumbria around 1300. Originally the castle was an unfortified manor, but in the late-15th century William Dacre to build two crenellated towers on either end of the hall range, probably with the aim of increasing the living space in... |
Castle | Restored | Private, farm | Altered by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... . |
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| Beetham Hall Beetham Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire. It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-Demography:The parish had a population of 1,724 recorded in the 2001 census,... |
Fortified manor house | Partly ruined | Private | |||
| Bewcastle Castle | Courtyard castle | Fragmentary ruins | Sited within Roman fort. | |||
| Bewley Castle Colby, Cumbria Colby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of the English county of Cumbria. It is near the village of Bolton to the north and the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland to the east.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragmentary ruins | Private | Once a residence of the Bishops of Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District... . |
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| Blencow Hall Blencow Blencow or Blencowe is a small village near Penrith, Cumbria. It is divided by the River Petteril into Great Blencow to the south and Little Blencow to the north... |
Fortified house | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Altered 1590. | ||
| Brackenburgh Old Tower Calthwaite Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumbria, situated between the small market town of Penrith and the larger City of Carlisle. It is within of the civil parish of Hesket and the district of Eden, and has a population of around 100 people.... |
Pele tower | Substantially intact | Private | Adjoining large 19th century house. | ||
| Brackenhill Tower Kirklinton Kirklinton is a village in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a few miles away from the large village of Longtown. It has a church called St Cuthbert's Church... |
Tower house | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Restored 21st century. | ||
| Branthwaite Hall Branthwaite Hall Branthwaite Hall is pele tower in Cumbria, England, considered by historian Anthony Emery to be "one of the best-preserved early houses in Cumbria".-History:... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | 17th century additions. | ||
| Brough Castle Brough Castle Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria , England. It is currently administered by English Heritage. The Castle consists of a large mound, on which there is an extensive range of buildings, with a circular corner tower, and the remnants of an older four storey... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Restored 1659–62 by Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford was the only surviving child of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by his wife Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford... . |
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| Brougham Castle Brougham Castle Brougham Castle is a medieval building about south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and open to the public. Founded by Robert de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century on the site of a Roman fort, it sits near the confluence of the rivers Eamont and Lowther... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Converted into country house in 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford was the only surviving child of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by his wife Lady Margaret Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford... . |
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| Brougham Hall Brougham Hall Brougham Hall is located in the village of Brougham just outside Penrith, Cumbria, England. The oldest part of the hall is the Tudor building, which dates back to around 1500 and was once the scene of a bloody battle between the English and Scots.... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins | Crafts centre | Ruins of 19th century house incorporating remains of earlier building. | ||
| Broughton Tower Broughton-in-Furness Broughton in Furness is a small town on the southern boundary of England's Lake District National Park. It is located in the Furness region of Cumbria, which was part of Lancashire before 1974... |
Pele tower | Intact | School | Incorporated in later building. | ||
| Burneside Hall Burneside Hall Burneside Hall is a converted medieval pele tower in Burneside, Cumbria, England.-History:Documentary records for Burneside Hall extend to 1290, when a property was owned on the site by Gilbert Burneshead, the Under-Sheriff of Westmorland. Richard Bellingham, a member of an influential... |
Tower house | Ruins | Private | |||
| Carlisle Castle Carlisle Castle Carlisle Castle is situated in Carlisle, in the English county of Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. The castle is over 900 years old and has been the scene of many historical episodes in British history. Given the proximity of Carlisle to the border between England and Scotland, it... |
Keep and bailey | Substantially intact | Converted to barracks 19th century. | |||
| Catterlen Hall Catterlen Catterlen is a small village and civil parish north west of Penrith, Cumbria.The village is a linear one with the B5305 road dividing it into two... |
Tower house | Intact | Private | Later additions. | ||
| Clifton Hall Clifton Hall, Cumbria Clifton Hall in the civil parish of Clifton, Cumbria, England, was a 15th century fortified manor house which was home to the Clifton family for almost 600 years... |
Pele tower | Substantially intact | Used as a farm building until 1973. | |||
| Cockermouth Castle Cockermouth Castle Cockermouth Castle is in the town of Cockermouth in Cumbria on a site by the junction of the Rivers Cocker and Derwent.The first castle on this site was built by the Normans in 1134. Significant additions were made in the 13th and 14th centuries. The castle played a significant role in the Wars... |
Enclosure castle | Partly restored |  |
Private | 19th century additions. | |
| Corby Castle Corby Castle Corby Castle is an ancestral home of the Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England.... |
Tower house | Rebuilt | Private | Concealed within a Georgian Georgian architecture Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United... Mansion House. |
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| Dacre Castle Dacre Castle Dacre Castle is in the village of Dacre some south-west of Penrith, Cumbria .In 1307 William de Dacre was granted licence to crenellate his dwelling on the site. The present building is a pele tower rather than a castle which was built in the 14th century for protection against the Scots... |
Tower house | Restored |  |
Private | Restored 17th and 19th centuries. | |
| Dalston Hall Dalston, Cumbria Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It is situated on the B5299 road about four miles south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately five miles from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway.The village has a population of around... |
Fortified house | Intact | Hotel | Later additions. | ||
| Dalton Castle Dalton Castle Dalton Castle is a 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and... |
Pele tower | Restored |  |
Remodelled c.1704 and 1856. | ||
| Drawdykes Castle Linstock, Cumbria Linstock is a small village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle District, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is a few miles away from the city of Carlisle and near the River Eden.- Nearby settlements :... |
Tower house | Intact | Private, farm | Original tower with early Classical Revival facade. | ||
| Drumburgh Castle Drumburgh Castle Drumburgh Castle is a medieval pele tower in the village of Drumburgh, in Cumbria, England.-History:A pele tower was originally built on this site, near the village of Burgh, by Robert le Brun in 1307, on the site of a former tower that had been part of Hadrian's Wall. The construction used red... |
Tower house | Habitable | Private | Converted into farmhouse. | ||
| Gleaston Castle Gleaston Castle Gleaston Castle is situated in a valley about 0.5 km north-east of the village of Gleaston, which lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.-Structure:... |
Enclosure castle | Fragmentary remains |  |
Private | Abandoned late 15th century. | |
| Greystoke Castle Greystoke Castle Greystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England. .In 1069, after the Norman conquest the English landlord Ligulf of Greystoke was re-granted his land and he built a wooden tower surrounded by a pale . The first stone structure on the... |
Castle | Rebuilt |  |
Wedding venue | Rebuilt incorporating parts of 14th century building, remodelled 1840 by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... . |
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| Harbybrow Tower Harbybrow Harbybrow is a small settlement in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria. Consisting of two inhabited dwellings - the old manor house and nearby mill - it is the smallest hamlet in the parish. The pele tower connected to the manor house was used to shelter animals during raids in the days of the border... |
Pele tower | Ruin | Private | Adjoining 19th century farmhouse. | ||
| Hayton Castle Hayton, Allerdale Hayton is a village in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. Nearby settlements include the town of Aspatria and the villages of Oughterside and Prospect. For transport there is the A596 road nearby.... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Private | Castle converted to house. | ||
| Hazelslack Tower Hazelslack Hazelslack is a hamlet in the South Lakeland District, in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the large villages of Arnside and Storth. It is also the site of the remains of a peel tower called Hazelslack Tower. It also has a camp site.- References :*... |
Pele tower | Ruins | Private | Near Arnside Arnside Arnside is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It faces the estuary of the River Kent on the north eastern corner of Morecambe Bay, within the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... . |
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| Howgill Castle | Tower house | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–18th century. | ||
| Hutton-in-the-Forest | Pele tower | Intact | Large country-house extensions. | |||
| Hutton John | Pele tower | Intact | Later alterations and additions. | |||
| Ingmire Hall | Pele tower | Rebuilt | Private apartments | Incorporated in large mostly 19th century mansion. | ||
| Isel Hall Blindcrake Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park and in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 287. The village is some four miles north-east of Cockermouth off the old roman road to... |
Tower house | Intact | Later additions. | |||
| Kendal Castle Kendal Castle Kendal Castle is situated on a mound-like hill, known as a drumlin, to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England.- History :The castle was probably built in the late 12th century as the home of the Lancaster family who were Barons of Kendal... |
Ringwork | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Kentmere Hall Kentmere Kentmere is a valley, village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park, a few miles from Kendal in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is historically part of Westmorland... |
Pele tower | Intact |  |
Private | ||
| Kirkandrews Tower Longtown, Cumbria Longtown is a small town in northern Cumbria, England, with a population of around 3,000. It is in the parish of Arthuret and on the River Esk, not far from the Anglo-Scottish border. Nearby was the Battle of Arfderydd.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | |||
| Linstock Castle Linstock, Cumbria Linstock is a small village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle District, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is a few miles away from the city of Carlisle and near the River Eden.- Nearby settlements :... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–20th century. | ||
| Lowther Castle Lowther Castle Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, England. It has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the Earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages.- History :... |
Neo-romantic castle | Ruins | Shell of 19th century castle by Smirke, on site of medieval hall. | |||
| Middleton Hall Middleton Hall Middleton Hall is a Grade II listed building dating back to medieval times. It is situated in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England, south of Fazeley and Tamworth and on the opposite side of the A4091 road to Middleton village.The Manor of Middleton was held by... |
Fortified manor house | Habitable | Private | Altered and extended 15–19th centuries. | ||
| Millom Castle | Castle | Ruins | 16–17th century farmhouse built into ruins. | |||
| Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle is a privately owned castle overlooking the Esk river, about a mile south of the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria, England.-History:... |
Tower house | Restored | Remodelled by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... , home of Tom Fool, 16th century jester. |
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| Naworth Castle Naworth Castle Naworth Castle, also known as, or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England near the town of Brampton. It is adjacent to the A69 about two miles east of Brampton. It is on the opposite side of the River Irthing to, and just within sight of, Lanercost Priory... |
Keep and bailey | Restored | Wedding venue Earl of Carlisle Earl of Carlisle Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1322 when the soldier Andrew Harclay, 1st Baron Harclay was made Earl of Carlisle. He had already been summoned to Parliament as Lord Harclay in 1321... |
Altered and restored 18th and 19th centuries. | ||
| Newbiggin Hall | Fortified house | Intact | Private | Remodelled by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... . |
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| Pendragon Castle Pendragon Castle Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang dale, Cumbria, close to the hamlet of Outhgill, at It stands in an atmospheric spot, above a bend in the river Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.-Legend:... |
Tower house | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Penrith Castle Penrith Castle Penrith Castle was built between 1399 and 1470 as a defense against Scottish raids. It is believed to have been first built by William Strickland who later become Bishop of Carlisle... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains |  |
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| Piel Castle Piel Castle Piel Castle also known as Fouldry Castle, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, 1 km off the southern tip of the Furness Peninsula, protecting the deep water harbour of Barrow-in-Furness in north west England..... |
Castle | Ruins |  |
Also known as Fouldrey Castle. | ||
| Prior's Tower, Carlisle | Pele tower | Intact | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Part of the Deanery Deanery A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :... , alongside later buildings. |
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| Rose Castle Rose Castle Rose Castle is a fortified house in Cumbria, England, on a site that was home to the bishops of Carlisle from 1230 to 2009. It is within the parish of Dalston, from Dalston itself... |
Quadrangular Castle | Restored | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Converted to private house 17th century, residence of the Bishop of Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District... until 2011. |
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| Scaleby Castle Scaleby Scaleby is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Scaleby has a castle called Scaleby Castle and a All saints' Church.- External links :* http://genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/Scaleby/index.html... |
Tower house | Partly ruined | Private | Incorporated with later house. | ||
| Sizergh Castle Sizergh Castle & Garden Sizergh Castle & Garden is a castle, stately home and garden at Helsington in the English county of Cumbria, about south of Kendal, and in the care of the National Trust.- Details :... |
Tower house | Restored | Altered 18–20th centuries. | |||
| Toppin Castle | Sham castle | Intact | Private | Imitation tower house. | ||
| Ubarrow Hall Longsleddale Longsleddale is a valley and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the hamlet of Sadgill. The parish has a population of 73.... |
Pele tower | Substantially intact | Private | Alongside later building, reduced in height. | ||
| Wharton Hall Nateby, Cumbria Nateby is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is situated very near the town of Kirkby Stephen, near the River Eden, and on the borders of the Yorkshire Dales and North Yorkshire. Nearby are the Nine Standards Rigg hills... |
Fortified manor house | Partly restored | Private | |||
| Whitehall, Mealsgate Mealsgate -Location:Mealsgate is situated on the old Roman Road between Carlisle and the Roman fort of Derventio at Papcastle . This road is now known as the A595.-Railway Connection:... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Holiday accommodation | Alterations by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... . |
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| Workington Hall Workington Workington is a town, civil parish and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England, at the mouth of the River Derwent. Lying within the Borough of Allerdale, Workington is southwest of Carlisle, west of Cockermouth, and southwest of Maryport... |
Tower house | Ruins | Local authority | Also known as Curwen Hall. | ||
| Wray Castle Wray Castle Wray Castle is a large private house at Claife in the English county of Cumbria, built in the Gothic Revival style in 1840. Today, the castle is used as a training centre, and is not open to the public... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | ||||
| Wraysholme Tower Allithwaite Allithwaite is a small village in Cumbria, England, located roughly West of Grange-over-Sands. Most of its residents commute to local areas of Ulverston, Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal or Lancaster to work. Allithwaite, and the village of Cartmel situated to the north, are part of the civil parish of... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Private, farm | Used as barn and cow-house, adjoining 19th century house. | ||
| Yanwath Hall Yanwath and Eamont Bridge Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, consisting of the small village of Yanwath and most of the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge. It has a population of 457.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | Adjoining later building. |
DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
Castles of which only earthworks, vestiges or no traces remain include:
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| Bolsover Castle Bolsover Castle Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England .-History:It was built by the Peverel family in the 12th century and became Crown property in 1155 when the third William Peverel fled into exile... |
Castle | Rebuilt | Castle rebuilt as 17th century mansion. | |||
| Codnor Castle Codnor Castle Codnor Castle is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the Norman conquest. Although registered as a Scheduled Ancient Monument the site is officially, as at 2008, a Building at Risk.The castle is a... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains |  |
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| Elvaston Castle Elvaston Castle Elvaston Castle is a country park in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England with of woodlands, parkland and formal gardens. The centrepiece of the estate is Elvaston Castle itself. The castle is a Grade II* listed building but as at 2008 is regarded as a Building at Risk.-History:In the 16th century the... |
Castellated house | Derelict | Derbyshire County Council | Built 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt RA , was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.-Early classical career:... in 19th century, now within country park Country park A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.-History:In the United Kingdom the term 'Country Park' has a special meaning. There are over 400 Country Parks in England alone . Most Country Parks were designated in the 1970s, under the... . Building At Risk. |
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| Haddon Hall Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye at Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke of Rutland, occupied by Lord Edward Manners and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its]... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Altered 16–17th centuries, restored 1920s. | |||
| Mackworth Castle Mackworth Castle Mackworth Castle was a 14th or 15th century structure located in Derbyshire, at the upper end of Mackworth village near Derby. The home for several centuries of the Mackworth family, it was at some point reduced to the ruins of a gatehouse suggestive of a grand castle... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private | Ruined gatehouse adjoining farm. | ||
| Peveril Castle Peveril Castle Peveril Castle is a medieval building overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. Its site provides views across the Hope Valley and Cave Dale. The castle is named after its founder, William Peveril, who held lands in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire on behalf of the king... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Commanding position above ravine. | |||
| Riber Castle Riber Castle Riber Castle is a 19th century Grade II listed country house situated in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It was built by John Smedley in 1862 as his private home... |
Sham castle | Ruins | Private | School 1892–1930. | ||
| Wingfield Manor Wingfield Manor Wingfield Manor is a deserted and ruined manor house some 4 miles from the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins | Abandoned 18th century. |
DevonDevonDevon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
Castles of which only earthworks remain include:
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| Affeton Castle Affeton Castle Affeton Castle is a surviving late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England which overlooks the Little Dart River in Devon and was originally built from grey rubble stone by the Stucley Baronets in around 1434. Originally part of a large manor complex, this castellated gatehouse, 60... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private | Gatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... , with 19th century alterations. |
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| Berry Pomeroy Castle Berry Pomeroy Castle Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family which had held the land since the 11th century. By 1547 the family was in financial difficulties... |
Enclosure castle | Ruins | Very late castle, designed to defend against artillery. | |||
| Bickleigh Castle Bickleigh Castle Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe at Bickleigh in Devon, England .Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods. A Norman motte castle of the late 11th or early 12th century was dismantled in the mid... |
Fortified manor house | Restored |  |
Wedding venue | Incorporated in later buildings. | |
| Compton Castle Compton Castle Compton Castle is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton, about west of Torquay, Devon, England . The castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the time since it was built... |
Fortified manor house | Restored |  |
Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century. | ||
| Dartmouth Castle Dartmouth Castle Dartmouth Castle is one of a pair of forts, the other being Kingswear Castle, that guard the mouth of the Dart Estuary in Devon, England .A small fortalice was built in 1388 under the direction of John Hawley... |
Castle | Restored | Converted to artillery castle 1509–47. | |||
| Castle Drogo Castle Drogo Castle Drogo is a country house near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. It was built in the 1910s and 1920s for Julius Drewe to designs by architect Edwin Lutyens, and is a Grade I listed building... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact |  |
By Edwin Lutyens Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era... . |
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| Gidleigh Castle Gidleigh Castle Gidleigh Castle is in the small village of Gidleigh on the edge of Dartmoor some 3 km to the north-west of the town of Chagford, Devon .This was a fortified manor house built by William de Prouz around 1324.... |
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| Hemyock Castle | Enclosure castle | Fragmentary remains | Private | |||
| Kingswear Castle Kingswear Castle Kingswear Castle was built between 1491 and 1502 as a coastal artillery tower for use with heavy cannon. It is located in Devon, England.Owing to the limited range of cannon at the time, the fort at Kingswear was designed to work alongside Dartmouth Castle on the opposite bank, so that between them... |
Artillery fort | Intact | Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
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| Lydford Castle | Keep and bailey | Ruins | ||||
| Marisco Castle | Keep and bailey | Restored |  |
Restored 1643. | ||
| Okehampton Castle Okehampton Castle Okehampton Castle is a ruined motte and bailey castle situated in Devon, England.The castle has Norman origins and dates from the late 11th century... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Plympton Castle Plympton Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton St Mary or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Powderham Castle Powderham Castle Powderham Castle is located south of Exeter, Devon, England. The Powderham Estate, in which it is set, runs down to the western shores of the estuary of the River Exe between the villages of Kenton and Starcross.... |
Fortified manor house | Restored | Earl of Devon Earl of Devon The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers family, and later by the Courtenays... |
Remodelled 18th and 19th centuries. | ||
| Rougemont Castle Rougemont Castle Rougemont Castle is the historic castle of Exeter.The castle was first built in 1068 to help William the Conqueror maintain control over the city. It is perched on an ancient volcanic plug, overlaying remains of the Roman city of Isca Dumnoniorum... (Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... ) |
Castle | Fragments | Wedding venue | Medieval fragments survive with later buildings. | ||
| Salcombe Castle Salcombe Castle Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty... |
Artillery fort | Ruins |  |
Refortified 1643–5. | ||
| Tiverton Castle Tiverton Castle Tiverton Castle is the remains of a Castle with a later manor house within its grounds that stands on a cliffside above the banks of the River Exe at Tiverton in Devon, England.... |
Quadrangular castle | Partly habitable | 16th century house built within castle. | |||
| Totnes Castle Totnes Castle Totnes Castle is one of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and bailey castle in England. It is situated in the town of Totnes on the River Dart in Devon... |
Shell keep | Ruins | Well-preserved keep on high motte. | |||
| Watermouth Castle Watermouth Castle Watermouth Castle is a building in Watermouth, Devon, England, designed by George Wightwick as a residence for the Basset family in the mid 19th-century and is not a true castle but a country house built to resemble one... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Theme park |
DorsetDorsetDorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Brownsea Castle Brownsea Island Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust. Much of the island is open to the public and includes areas of woodland and heath with a wide variety of wildlife, together with cliff top views across Poole... |
Castellated house | Intact | Incorporates part of 16th century Henrician Castle. | |||
| Christchurch Castle Christchurch Castle Christchurch Castle is located in Christchurch, Dorset, England . The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160 AD. It is a Norman motte and bailey castle... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Hall known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney. | ||
| Corfe Castle Corfe Castle Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap below the castle, and is some eight... |
Keep and bailey | Extensive ruins | Besieged and slighted during the English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... . |
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| Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is an early 17th century mock castle. The stone building has now been re-built as a museum.... |
Sham castle | Restored |  |
Hunting lodge, gutted by fire 1929. | ||
| Pennsylvania Castle Pennsylvania Castle Pennsylvania Castle is a Gothic Revival mansion on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The castle was formerly a hotel, was returned to use as a private residence at the end of the 20th century, and now is once more available for reservations and... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private | On the Isle of Portland Isle of Portland The Isle of Portland is a limestone tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which runs the A354 road connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and... , built for John Penn John Penn (writer) John Penn was an Anglo-American writer, a part proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania , and a governor of the Isle of Portland.-Life:John Penn was the son of Thomas Penn and his wife Juliana John Penn (aka "John Penn, Jr."[sic], "John Penn of Stoke") (22 February 1760, London, England – 21... to designs by James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt RA , was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.-Early classical career:... . |
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| Portland Castle Portland Castle Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known as the Portland Roads. The castle lies in the far north of the island, in the village now called Castletown, near Fortuneswell... |
Artillery fort | Intact |  |
Private residence 1816–70. | ||
| Rufus Castle Rufus Castle Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, is a ruined castle overlooking Church Ope Cove on Portland, England. The castle is a Grade I listed building, dating from the late C15, on the site of an earlier building... |
Castle | Ruins | Private | Also known as Bow and Arrow Castle. | ||
| Sherborne Old Castle Sherborne Castle Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The park formed only a small part of the Digby estate.-Old castle:Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of the mansion... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Replaced by 16–17th house which became known as Sherborne Castle. | |||
| Woodsford Castle Woodsford Woodsford is a hamlet in south west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley five miles east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 67 .... |
Fortified manor house | Habitable | Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
East Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of YorkshireThe East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Paull Holme Tower Paull Holme Tower Paull Holme Tower is an unusual late-medieval fortified tower in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-History:The tower is part of a rectangular, moated enclosure near the village of Paull, dating from the beginning of the 15th century. The tower is three storeys high, each floor having a single... |
Tower House | Ruins | Private | Originally part of larger house, roofless. | ||
| Skipsea Castle Skipsea Castle Skipsea Castle is a Norman Motte and Bailey castle located south of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England on the B1249 road at Skipsea Brough. It is a prominent castle... |
Motte and Bailey | Earthworks | Well-preserved earthworks. | |||
| Wressle Castle Wressle Castle Wressle Castle is a Grade I listed quadrangular castle located in Wressle, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The castle was built c.1380–1390 by Sir Thomas Percy. The castle was garrisoned by Parliament during the English Civil War, and was largely demolished by an act of Parliament in... |
Quadrangular castle | Ruins | Private, farm | South range remains, inhabited until gutted by fire in 1796. |
East SussexEast SussexEast Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Bodiam Castle Bodiam Castle Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War... |
Quadrangular castle | Ruins | Wide moat. | |||
| Camber Castle Camber Castle Camber Castle is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built to protect the huge Rye anchorage .It is approximately 2 km south of Rye and 2 km northeast of Winchelsea.... |
Artillery fort | Ruins | "Dismantled" 1642 after sea receded. | |||
| Hastings Castle Hastings Castle Hastings Castle is situated in the town of Hastings, East Sussex .Before or immediately after landing in England in 1066 William of Normandy ordered three fortifications to be built, Pevensey Castle in September 1066, Hastings and Dover, a few days after the battle. Hastings Castle was originally... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Local Authority |
Ruined by 1399. | ||
| Herstmonceux Castle Herstmonceux Castle Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built Tudor castle near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, United Kingdom. From 1957 to 1988 its grounds were the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory... |
Fortified mansion | Restored | |
Queen's University Queen's University Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... |
Brick, interior dismantled 1777, restored 20th century, former home of Royal Greenwich Observatory, now Study Centre. | |
| Lewes Castle Lewes Castle Lewes Castle stands at the highest point of Lewes, East Sussex, England on an artificial mound constructed with chalk blocks. It was originally called Bray Castle.-History:... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Unusual in having two mottes | |||
| Pevensey Castle Pevensey Castle Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a Scheduled Monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to visitors.-Roman fort:... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Castle built within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore Saxon Shore Saxon Shore could refer to one of the following:* Saxon Shore, a military command of the Late Roman Empire, encompassing southern Britain and the coasts of northern France... . |
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| Rye Castle (Ypres Tower) Rye Castle Rye Castle was built in 1249, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It was Henry III who gave permission for the castle to be built as part of the defence against the frequent raids by the French... |
Tower House | Intact | Originally called Baddings Tower. |
EssexEssexEssex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
Castles of which only earthworks remain include:
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Pleshey Castle is a good example of a motte-and-bailey
Motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
castle: only earthworks and a medieval brick bridge remain.
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| Colchester Castle Colchester Castle Colchester Castle in Colchester, Essex is an example of a largely complete Norman castle. It is a Grade I listed building.-Construction:At one and a half times the size of the Tower of London's White Tower, Colchester's keep is the largest ever built in Britain and the largest surviving example in... |
Tower keep | Intact |  |
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Reduced in height in 17th century. | |
| Hadleigh Castle Hadleigh Castle Hadleigh Castle in the English county of Essex overlooks the Thames estuary from a ridge to the south of the town of Hadleigh. Built after 1215 during the reign of Henry III by Hubert de Burgh, the castle was surrounded by parkland and had an important economic, as well as defensive role... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains |  |
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| Hedingham Castle Hedingham Castle Hedingham Castle in Essex, England, is a Norman motte and bailey castle with a stone keep. For four centuries it was the primary seat of the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford.-Description:... |
Tower keep | Substantially intact | Castle demolished 17th century except for keep, well-preserved interior despite fire of 1954. | |||
| Walden Castle Walden Castle Walden Castle was a medieval castle in Essex, England, built during the Anarchy of the 12th century.-History:Walden Castle was built in the town of Saffron Walden in Essex at the start of the civil war known as the Anarchy by Geoffrey de Mandeville, with much of the work occurring between 1141 and... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Remains of keep. |
GloucestershireGloucestershireGloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Berkeley Castle Berkeley Castle Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK . The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the... |
Keep and bailey | Intact | Largely unaltered until 1920s, when interior modernised by 8th Earl of Berkeley. | |||
| Beverstone Castle | Pentagonal castle | Ruins | NGS | 17th century house built within ruins. | ||
| St. Briavel's Castle St Briavel's Castle St Briavels Castle is a moated Norman castle at St Briavels in the English county of Gloucestershire. The castle is noted for its huge Edwardian gatehouse that guards the entrance.... |
Keep and bailey | Habitable | Youth hostel Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) The Youth Hostels Association is a charitable organisation, registered with the Charity Commission, providing youth hostel accommodation in England and Wales... . |
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| Sudeley Castle Sudeley Castle Sudeley Castle is a castle located near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. It dates from the 10th century, but the inhabited portion is chiefly Elizabethan. The castle has a notable garden, which is designed and maintained to a very high standard. The chapel, St. Mary's Sudeley, is the burial... |
Quadrangular castle | Restored |  |
Restored as country house 19th century. | ||
| Thornbury Castle Thornbury Castle Thornbury Castle is a castle in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It was begun in 1511 as a home for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. It is not a true castle , but rather an early example of a Tudor country house, with minimal defensive attributes. It is now a grade I listed... |
Fortified house | Substantially intact | Hotel | Restored 19th century. |
Greater LondonGreater LondonGreater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...
Castles of which no traces remain include:
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| Tower of London Tower of London Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space... |
Concentric castle | Intact | Historic Royal Palaces Historic Royal Palaces Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity created in 1998 to manage Britain's unoccupied royal palaces. These are:* The Tower of London* Hampton Court Palace* Kensington Palace - the state rooms only.* Banqueting House* Kew Palace... |
White Tower White Tower -Geography and history:* White Tower of Thessaloniki, a monument and museum in Greece* White Tower of Tehran, Iran* White Tower of Tsarskoye Selo, landscape architecture element in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia... built c.1077–1100, curtain walls added 13th century, working portcullis Portcullis A portcullis is a latticed grille made of wood, metal, fibreglass or a combination of the three. Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, acting as a last line of defence during time of attack or siege... . |
Greater ManchesterGreater ManchesterGreater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Radcliffe Tower Radcliffe Tower Radcliffe Tower is the only surviving part of a manor house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester . It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Monument. The house was rebuilt in 1403 by James de Radcliffe, who was lord of the manor of Radcliffe, and consisted of a stone-built hall and one or two... |
Tower house | Fragment |  |
Local authority |
Ruinous tower formerly incorporated in timber house. |
HampshireHampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Calshot Castle Calshot Castle Calshot Castle is one of Henry VIII's device forts, built on Calshot Spit at the Solent near Fawley to guard the entrance to Southampton Water... |
Artillery fort | Substantially intact |  |
Altered 18–20th centuries, in use until 1961. | ||
| Hurst Castle Hurst Castle Hurst Castle on the south coast of England is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built at the end of a long shingle barrier beach at the west end of the Solent to guard the approaches to Southampton. Hurst Castle was sited at the narrow entrance to the Solent where the ebb and flow of the tides... |
Artillery fort | Substantially intact |  |
Repaired and refortified 19th century. | ||
| Netley Castle Netley Castle Netley Castle is a castle in Netley in Hampshire, England. The castle, now situated near the village of Netley Abbey on Southampton Water, was built in around 1542 as part of Henry VIII's chain of coastal fortifications which are known as Device Forts or Henrician Castles... |
Artillery fort | Rebuilt | Convalescent home | Remodelled and extended 1885–90. | ||
| Odiham Castle Odiham Castle Odiham Castle is a ruined castle situated near Odiham in Hampshire, United Kingdom. It is one of only three fortresses built by King John during his reign.... |
Shell keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Local authority |
Built by King John. | |
| Portchester Castle Portchester Castle Portchester Castle is a medieval castle built within a former Roman fort at Portchester to the east of Fareham in the English county of Hampshire. Probably founded in the late 11th century, Portchester was a baronial castle that was taken under royal control in 1154. The monarchy controlled... |
Keep and bailey | Extensive ruins | Built within surviving walls of Roman fort of the Saxon Shore Saxon Shore Saxon Shore could refer to one of the following:* Saxon Shore, a military command of the Late Roman Empire, encompassing southern Britain and the coasts of northern France... . |
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| Southampton Castle Southampton Castle Southampton Castle was located in the town of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Constructed after the Norman conquest of England, it was located in the north-west corner of the town overlooking the River Test, initially as a wooden motte and bailey design... |
Keep and bailey | Fragments | North bailey wall survives. | |||
| Southsea Castle Southsea Castle Southsea Castle is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built in 1544 on the waterfront at the southern end of Portsea Island . The castle was built to guard the eastern entrance to the Solent and entrance to Portsmouth Harbour... |
Artillery fort | Rebuilt | Local authority |
Altered several times. | ||
| Winchester Castle Winchester Castle Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall exists now; it houses a museum of the history of Winchester.-Great Hall:... |
Motte and bailey | Fragment | Local authority |
Great hall survives, reroofed in 1873. | ||
| Wolvesey Castle Wolvesey Castle Wolvesey Castle is a ruined castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was erected by the Bishop of Winchester Henry of Blois between 1130 and 1140.... |
Castle | Ruins |
HerefordshireHerefordshireHerefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
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Ewyas Harold Castle
Ewyas Harold Castle
Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England.The first castle on the site is believed to be one of the very few which were built before the Norman conquest under the Saxons, probably in 1048, on the site of an earlier fortification, possibly by Osbern...
is recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
and was probably built c.1048.
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| Brampton Bryan Castle Brampton Bryan Castle Brampton Bryan Castle is in the small village of Brampton Bryan in north-western Herefordshire, England, 50m south of the River Teme. The castle guarded an important route from Ludlow along the Teme Valley to Knighton and on into Central Wales.... |
Castle | Ruins | Private | Gatehouse survives. | ||
| Clifford Castle Clifford Castle Clifford Castle is a castle in the village of Clifford which lies four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England .-Early Norman castle and planned settlement:... |
Motte and bailey | Fragments |  |
Private | Building At Risk. | |
| Croft Castle Croft Castle Croft Castle is a manor house and associated buildings near the village of Yarpole in Herefordshire, England some to the north-west of Leominster .-11th century origin:... |
Quadrangular castle | Rebuilt | Converted to 16/17th century house. | |||
| Downton Castle Downton Castle Downton Castle is an 18th-century country house at Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire, England, about five miles west of Ludlow, Shropshire. It is a Grade I listed building.... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private | Altered and extended 1860–70. | ||
| Eastnor Castle Eastnor Castle Eastnor Castle is a 19th century mock castle, two miles from the town of Ledbury in Herefordshire, England, by the village of Eastnor. It was founded by John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers as his stately home and continues to be inhabited by his descendents. Currently in residence is the family of... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | By Robert Smirke Robert Smirke (architect) Sir Robert Smirke was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture his best known building in that style is the British Museum, though he also designed using other architectural styles... . |
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| Goodrich Castle Goodrich Castle Goodrich Castle is a now ruinous Norman medieval castle situated to the north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye... |
Concentric castle | Ruins | Partly demolished during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... . |
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| Hampton Court Hampton Court, Herefordshire Hampton Court is a castellated country house in the English county of Herefordshire. The house is located in the village of Hope under Dinmore, near Leominster.- History :... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Remodelled in 1830–40s. | |||
| Kentchurch Court Kentchurch Court Kentchurch Court is a grade I listed stately home located near the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England.It is the family home of the Scudamore family. Family members included Sir John Scudamore, who acted as constable and steward of a number of royal castles in south Wales at the start... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Medieval tower and gateway survive, remainder largely rebuilt by Nash John Nash (architect) John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and... 1795–1807. |
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| Kinnersley Castle Kinnersley Castle Kinnersley Castle in Herefordshire, England is one of the many marches castles along the Welsh Borders.The Castle of Kinnersley, on the A4112 east of Eardisley, was originally a stone structure, thought to have been built during the reign of Henry I of England... |
Castle | Rebuilt | 16–17th century house on site of medieval castle. | |||
| Longtown Castle Longtown Castle Longtown Castle is a ruin, originally a Norman Motte and Bailey castle and later stone castle built to provide defence against the Welsh and protect the border of Herefordshire.- Location :It is located in Longtown, Herefordshire.... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Circular keep. | |||
| Pembridge Castle Pembridge Castle Pembridge Castle, originally called Newland Castle, is a late 12th century to early 13th century Grade I listed former border castle located approximately northwest of Welsh Newton in Herefordshire, England.... |
Keep and bailey | Partly habitable |  |
Private | Reconstructed 20th century. | |
| Snodhill Castle Dorstone Dorstone is a village within the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. There is a thriving community with a church and public house with restaurant. The Golden Valley area offers excellent hillwalking and horseback riding countryside and is noted for its scenery... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | ||||
| Treago Castle Treago Castle Treago Castle is a fortified manor house in the Parish of St Weonards, Herefordshire, England . Built c.1500, it was recorded as a Grade I listed building on 30 April 1986—based on its extant medieval architecture, quadrangle courtyard layout and defensive wall corner towers... |
Fortified manor house | Restored | Private | Altered 17–19th centuries. | ||
| Wigmore Castle Wigmore Castle Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle which is barely visible from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.- History :... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Partly dismantled 1643. | |||
| Wilton Castle Wilton Castle Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle fortification located in southeastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named for the manor associated with it.... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Remains incorporated in 19th century house. |
HertfordshireHertfordshireHertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Berkhamsted Castle Berkhamsted Castle Berkhamsted Castle is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey castle at Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England.The original fortification dates from Saxon times. Work on the Norman structure was started in 1066 by William the Conqueror who later passed the castle to his half-brother, Robert, Count of... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Unoccupied since 1495. | ||
| Hertford Castle Hertford Castle Hertford Castle was a Norman castle situated by the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.-Early history:Hertford Castle was built on a site first fortified by Edward the Elder around 911. By the time of the Norman Invasion in 1066, a motte and bailey were on the site... |
Motte and bailey | Fragments | Local authority | 15th century gatehouse survives, altered and extended 18–20th centuries. |
Isle of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
- East Cowes Castle
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| Carisbrooke Castle Carisbrooke Castle Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.-Early history:... |
Keep and bailey | Substantially intact | Refortified in 1590s as artillery fortress, former seat of the Governor of the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent... . |
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| Norris Castle Norris Castle Norris Castle is located on the Isle of Wight and can be seen from the Solent standing on the northeast point of East Cowes. The castle was designed by James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour. It has a galleted facade with crenellations, but all of this is for show as the castle has no defensive... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private | Gothic Revival, by James Wyatt James Wyatt James Wyatt RA , was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.-Early classical career:... . |
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| Yarmouth Castle Yarmouth Castle Yarmouth Castle is a small off-square blockhouse built by Henry VIII in 1547, to guard Yarmouth harbour on the Isle of Wight. It was built as part of Henry's second device programme to fortify the English coast with a chain of coastal defences known as Device Forts or Henrician Castles. These were... |
Artillery fort | Substantially intact | Altered 17th century. | |||
| West Cowes Castle | Artillery fort | Rebuilt | Royal Yacht Squadron Royal Yacht Squadron The Royal Yacht Squadron is the most prestigious yacht club in the United Kingdom and arguably the world. Its clubhouse is located in Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom... |
Fragments of 16th century structure incorporated in later building. |
Isles of ScillyIsles of ScillyThe Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
Castles of which only vestiges remain include:
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| Cromwell's Castle Cromwell's Castle Cromwell's Castle is on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly .It is a coastal Gun Tower built by Oliver Cromwell in 1651-1652 as a replacement for King Charles's Castle. The guns were mounted on the roof above the garrison's living quarters and magazines. The tower was originally entered at... |
Artillery tower | Substantially intact | ||||
| Star Castle Star Castle, Isles of Scilly Star Castle is a fortress on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, built in 1593 by Francis Godolphin.It is in the shape of an eight-pointed star and features on the flag of the Council of the Isles of Scilly.It is now used as a hotel.- External links :*... |
Artillery fort | Intact | Hotel | Important and complete example of Elizabethan Elizabethan era The Elizabethan era was the epoch in English history of Queen Elizabeth I's reign . Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history... fort. |
KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Allington Castle Allington Castle Allington Castle is a stone-built moated castle in Allington, just north of Maidstone, Kent in England.-History:Allington Castle is a Grade I listed building. Much of the stonework was laid in an intricate herringbone pattern which is still visible today... |
Fortified house | Restored |  |
Wedding venue | Restored 1905–1929. | |
| Canterbury Castle Canterbury Castle Canterbury Castle is a Norman Castle in Canterbury, Kent, England . It is five minutes walk from Canterbury East Station and main bus station around City Wall.... |
Tower keep | Ruins | Local Authority |
Demolished 1792. | ||
| Chiddingstone Castle Chiddingstone Castle Chiddingstone Castle is situated in the village of Chiddingstone, Kent, England, in the upper valley of the River Medway.The castle reopened in 2008 after a period of restoration and now has over 10,000 visitors a year. The castle has collections of ancient artifacts which are on display in the... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | 17th century building converted to castle in 19th century. | |||
| Chilham Castle Chilham Castle Chilham Castle is a manor house and keep in the village of Chilham, between Ashford and Canterbury in the county of Kent, England. The polygonal Norman keep of the Castle, the oldest building in the village, dates from 1174; still inhabited, it was said to have been built for King Henry II... |
Keep and bailey | Intact | NGS | Keep survives with Jacobean Jacobean architecture The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.-Characteristics:... house. |
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| Cooling Castle Cooling Castle Cooling Castle was built in the 1380s by John Cobham on the edge of marshes at Cooling, six miles north of Rochester, Kent. It is now about two miles inland. It was besieged by Thomas Wyatt the younger during Wyatt's rebellion in 1554; Lord Cobham surrendered after a brief resistance... |
Keep and bailey | Part ruined | Wedding venue | Well-preserved gatehouse survives, barns used for events. | ||
| Deal Castle Deal Castle Deal Castle is located in Deal, Kent, England, between Walmer Castle and the now lost Sandown Castle .-Construction:It is one of the most impressive of the Device Forts or Henrician Castles built by Henry VIII between 1539 and 1540 as an artillery fortress to counter the threat of invasion from... |
Artillery fort | Intact | Formerly residence of Captain of the Cinque Ports Cinque Ports The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end of the English Channel, where the crossing to the continent is narrowest... . |
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| Dover Castle Dover Castle Dover Castle is a medieval castle in the town of the same name in the English county of Kent. It was founded in the 12th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history... |
Concentric castle | Intact | Adapted for modern warfare 18–19th centuries. | |||
| Eynsford Castle Eynsford Castle Eynsford Castle is one of the most complete Norman castles in England, located close to the village of Eynsford. Built in 1088, ransacked in the 14th century it fell into decay and is now in the care of English Heritage and open to the public... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins | ||||
| Hever Castle Hever Castle Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever near Edenbridge, Kent, south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century... |
Fortified manor house | Restored | Restored early 19th century, working portcullis Portcullis A portcullis is a latticed grille made of wood, metal, fibreglass or a combination of the three. Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, acting as a last line of defence during time of attack or siege... . |
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| Kingsgate Castle Kingsgate Castle Kingsgate Castle on the cliffs above Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Kent was built for Lord Holland in the 1760s. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private apartments | Built c.1760, rebuilt late 19th century. | ||
| Leeds Castle Leeds Castle Leeds Castle, southeast of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, though a Saxon fort stood on the same site from the 9th century. The castle is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the east of the village of Leeds.... |
Castle | Restored | Extensively rebuilt in 1822 and 1926. | |||
| Leybourne Castle Leybourne Castle Leybourne Castle is a 13th century castle in the parish of Leybourne, Kent. It is situated between West Malling and Larkfield. The two semi circular bastions of the twin towered gatehouse built in 1275 remain and are incorporated into a Tudor farmhouse the was extensively rebuilt around 1930. Some... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins | Private | 16th century house partly incorporating ruins, rebuilt 1931. | ||
| Lullingstone Castle Lullingstone Castle Lullingstone Castle is a historic manor house, set in an estate in the village of Lullingstone and the civil parish of Eynsford in the English county of Kent. It has been inhabited by members of the Hart Dyke family for twenty generations.-History:... |
Semi-fortified house | Fragment | 16th century gatehouse incorporated into later house. | |||
| Lympne Castle Lympne Castle Lympne Castle is a mediaeval castle near the village of Lympne, Kent, above Romney Marsh.Today, it is used primarily as a venue for corporate events and weddings. It is generally not open to the public. The Estate Manager is Rod Aspinall.... |
Fortified house | Restored | Wedding venue | Restored and extended 1907–12. | ||
| Penshurst Place Penshurst Place Penshurst Place is a historic building near Tonbridge, Kent, south east of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier, Sir Philip Sidney. The original medieval house is one of the most complete examples... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Remodelled 19th century, single tower and stretch of wall survive from fortifications of c.1400. | |||
| Rochester Castle Rochester Castle Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved in England or France. Located along the River Medway and Watling Street, Rochester was a... |
Tower keep | Ruins |  |
Keep 125 ft (38.1 m) high to top of turrets. | ||
| St Leonard's Tower, West Malling St Leonard's Tower, West Malling St Leonard's Tower is a Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was built by Bishop Gundulf around 1080.Situated beside Manor Park Country Park, along St.Leonard's Road.-History:... |
Tower keep | Ruins |  |
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| Saltwood Castle Saltwood Castle Saltwood Castle is a castle in Saltwood village—which derives its name from the castle—1 mile north of Hythe, Kent, England.The castle is known as the site where the plot was hatched to assassinate Thomas Becket... |
Castle | Part restored | Private | |||
| Sandgate Castle Sandgate Castle Sandgate Castle is a coastal castle at Sandgate near Folkestone in Kent. It was originally built as an artillery castle in 1539-1540 by Henry VIII of England as part of his chain of coastal defences in response to the threat of invasion. As these forts were devised by Henry VIII, they are known as... |
Artillery fort | Substantially intact | Private | Altered 1805–6. | ||
| Scotney Castle Scotney Castle Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Single surviving tower incorporated in later house. | |||
| Sissinghurst Castle | Fortified manor house | Rebuilt | No fortifications remaining. | |||
| Starkey Castle Wouldham Wouldham is a small village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, Great Britain. As of 2006 its population is approximately 1000 people, with the 11th century church, one school, one village shop, and three public houses.... |
Manor house | Fragment | Private | Fine medieval hall-house remains from possibly fortified manor house. | ||
| Stone Castle Stone Castle Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Bluewater in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.-History:... |
Tower | Intact | Wedding venue | Medieval tower incorporated in building of 1825. | ||
| Sutton Valence Castle Sutton Valence Sutton Valence is a village some five miles SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the Greensand Ridge overlooking the Vale of Kent and Weald. One of the main landmarks in the village is , of which only the ruins of the 12th century keep remain, under the ownership of English Heritage, open any... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Tonbridge Castle Tonbridge Castle Tonbridge Castle is situated in the town of the same name, Kent, England.-Early history:Following the Norman Conquest, Richard Fitz Gilbert was granted land in Kent to guard the crossing of the River Medway. He erected a simple Motte-and-bailey castle on the site. To dig the moat and erect the... |
Keep and bailey | Fragment | Local authority |
Gatehouse survives. | ||
| Upnor Castle Upnor Castle Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located in the village of Upnor, Kent, England. Its purpose was to defend ships moored "in ordinary" on the River Medway outside Chatham dockyards.... |
Artillery fort | Substantially intact | ||||
| Walmer Castle Walmer Castle Walmer Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539–1540 as an artillery fortress to counter the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. It was part of his programme to create a chain of coastal defences along England's coast known as the Device Forts or as Henrician Castles... |
Artillery fort | Intact | Residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Cinque Ports The Confederation of Cinque Ports is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end of the English Channel, where the crossing to the continent is narrowest... from 18th century. |
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| Westenhanger Castle Westenhanger Castle Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent. The castle has endured a period of steady decline to near ruination in recent years, but the current owners have engaged a... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment |  |
Wedding venue | 18th century farmouse built within ruins. |
LancashireLancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Ashton Hall Ashton Hall Ashton Hall is a 14th-century mansion in the civil parish of Thurnham, Lancashire, England. It is south of the city of Lancaster and is on the east bank of the River Lune. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage and is now owned by Lancashire Golf... |
Tower house | Intact | Lancaster Golf Club | Near Stodday Stodday Stodday is a hamlet in the Lancaster District, in the English county of Lancashire just south of the city of Lancaster. It is near the A588 road and the River Lune.... , 14th century tower incorporated in later building. |
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| Borwick Hall Borwick Hall Borwick Hall is a 16th century manor house at Borwick, Lancashire. It is a Grade I listed building and is now used as a residential outdoor education and conference centre by Lancashire County Council.-History:... |
Pele tower | Intact | Outdoor education centre | Incorporated in mainly 16th century building. | ||
| Clitheroe Castle Clitheroe Castle Clitheroe Castle in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England is a motte and bailey castle built in a natural carboniferous limestone outcrop, .It has been suggested that Clitheroe Castle may have been first built before 1086 as there is reference to the "castellatu Rogerii pictaviensis" in the Domesday Book.... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | ||||
| Hornby Castle Hornby Castle, Lancashire Hornby Castle is a country house, developed from a medieval castle, standing to the east of the village of Hornby in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England. It occupies a position overlooking the village in a curve of the River Wenning... |
Keep | Fragment | Private | Keep rebuilt early 16th century, incorporated in 18–19th century house. | ||
| Lancaster Castle Lancaster Castle Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle located in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. In 1164, the Honour of Lancaster, including the... |
Keep and bailey | Intact | Local authority |
Prison from 1745, 20th century Shire Hall replaced medieval buildings, now Crown Court Crown Court The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales... . |
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| Thurland Castle Tunstall, Lancashire Tunstall is a village in north Lancashire, England . It is northeast of Lancaster on the A683 road between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale. In the 2001 census the civil parish of Tunstall had a population of 105.... |
Castle | Rebuilt | Private apartments | Near Tunstall Tunstall, Lancashire Tunstall is a village in north Lancashire, England . It is northeast of Lancaster on the A683 road between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale. In the 2001 census the civil parish of Tunstall had a population of 105.... , ruins rebuilt in 19th century. |
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| Turton Tower Turton Tower Turton Tower is a manor house in Chapeltown in North Turton, Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument and Grade I Listed building.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Incorporated in later building. |
LeicestershireLeicestershireLeicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Ashby de la Zouch Castle Ashby de la Zouch Castle Ashby de la Zouch Castle is in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England . The ruins have been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and they are a Scheduled Ancient Monument... |
Keep | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Fortified manor converted to castle in 1474, slighted during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... . |
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| Belvoir Castle Belvoir Castle Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir . It is a Grade I listed building.... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact |  |
Duke of Rutland Duke of Rutland Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England, derived from Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England. The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged.... |
Rebuilt 1655–68 incorporating fragments of medieval castle, remodelled 1801–30. | |
| Kirby Muxloe Castle Kirby Muxloe Castle Kirby Muxloe Castle, known also as Kirby Castle is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England .It was begun in 1480 by William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, during the period of the Wars of the Roses... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragmentary ruins | Unfinished. | |||
| Leicester Castle Leicester Castle Leicester Castle is located in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of the city centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south.... |
Castle | Fragments | Local authority |
Great hall survives, much altered. |
LincolnshireLincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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Goltho Castle
Goltho
Goltho is a village of Anglo-Saxon roots situated in Lincolnshire, England. It lies south of the A158 and west of Wragby.-History:There was a Romano-British settlement at Goltho in the 1st and 2nd centuries....
was built on the site of a Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
fortified dwelling of c.850, established by excavation.
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| Bolingbroke Castle Bolingbroke Castle Bolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, England.-Construction:Most of the castle is built of Spilsby greenstone, as are several nearby churches. The local greenstone is a limestone that proved to be porous, prone to rapid deterioration when exposed to weather and a... |
Enclosure castle | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Slighted after brief siege in 1643. | ||
| Grimsthorpe Castle Grimsthorpe Castle Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England four miles north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown... |
Castle | Fragment | Remodelled in 18th and 19th centuries, retains 13th century south-east tower. | |||
| Hussey Tower | Tower house | Ruins | ||||
| Kyme Tower South Kyme South Kyme is a small village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England; it is located south east of North Kyme which is itself from Billinghay.... |
Castle | Fragment | Private | |||
| Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle is a major castle constructed in Lincoln, England during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is only one of two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in Sussex... |
Keep and bailey | Substantially intact |  |
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Double motte and bailey. | |
| Rochford Tower | Fortified house | Fragment | Private | 2 miles east of Boston Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district and had a total population of 55,750 at the 2001 census... . |
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| Somerton Castle Somerton Castle Somerton Castle is located approximately one mile west of the hamlet of Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, England.Inherited from his mother, the castle was rebuilt in the latter part of the 13th century by Antony Bek, then Bishop of Durham, who was granted a licence to crenellate in 1281... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragment | Private | Single tower survives, adjoining 17th century building. | ||
| Tattershall Castle Tattershall Castle (Lincolnshire) Tattershall Castle is a castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, north east of Sleaford, and in the care of the National Trust.-History:... |
Tower | Intact | Brick tower built for Ralph Cromwell, restored 1911-25 by Lord Curzon. | |||
| Torksey Castle Torksey Castle Torksey Castle is a manor house located in the centre of the village of Torksey on the east bank of the River Trent in Lincolnshire, England. It is 12 miles northwest of Lincoln on the A156 road. Seven miles to the north is Gainsborough Old Hall and 10 miles southeast is Lincoln Castle. It is a... |
Semi-fortified house | Fragmentary ruins | Private | Slighted during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... . |
MerseysideMerseysideMerseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
Castles of which no traces remain include:
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| Brimstage Hall Brimstage Brimstage is a village located in the centremost part of the Wirral Peninsula, England, east of Heswall and west of Bebington. The village is located in the Clatterbridge Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and in the parliamentary constituency of Wirral South.At the time of the 2001 Census,... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Crafts centre | Tower incorporated in later building of 16th and 19th centuries. | ||
| Leasowe Castle | Sham castle | Intact | Hotel | Built 1593, extended 1600–42 and 19th century. |
NorfolkNorfolkNorfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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The surviving motte of Thetford Castle
Thetford Castle
Thetford Castle, also known as Castle Hill and Castle Mound, usually refers to a medieval motte and bailey castle in the market town of Thetford in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England, although it can also refer to Red Castle, built in the same town...
is one of the highest in England, about 80 ft (24.4 m) high.
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| Baconsthorpe Castle Baconsthorpe Castle Baconsthorpe Castle is a fortified manor house, now a ruin, to the north of the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England. Norfolk, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragmentary ruins |  |
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| Burgh Castle Burgh Castle Roman Site Burgh Castle is the site of one of several Roman shore forts constructed around the 3rd Century AD, to hold cavalry as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain; and is located on the summit of ground sloping steeply towards the estuary of the... |
Motte and bailey | No visible remains | / Norfolk Archaeological Trust | Site of medieval motte and bailey castle within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore Saxon Shore Saxon Shore could refer to one of the following:* Saxon Shore, a military command of the Late Roman Empire, encompassing southern Britain and the coasts of northern France... . |
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| Caister Castle Caister Castle Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister, some north of the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk .... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragmentary ruins | Moated, largely brick, built by John Fastolf John Fastolf Sir John Fastolf KG was an English knight during the Hundred Years War, who has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some part being the prototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff... , a relatively intact 90 ft (27.4 m) tower remains. |
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| Castle Acre Castle Castle Acre Castle Castle Acre Castle is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, with extensive earthworks, at Castle Acre, in the English county of Norfolk . It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a Grade I listed building.... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Extensive earthworks. | |||
| Castle Rising Castle Castle Rising (castle) Castle Rising Castle is a ruined castle situated in the village of Castle Rising in the English county of Norfolk. It was built in about 1138 by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also owned Arundel Castle. Much of its square keep, surrounded by a defensive mount, is intact... |
Keep | Ruins | ||||
| Claxton Castle Claxton Castle Claxton Castle was in the village of Claxton in Norfolk some 13 km south-east of Norwich.-Details:This brick built castle was licensed in 1333. It was largely demolished in the 17th century to build Claxton Hall. Part of its outer wall and one tower remain... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins | Private | |||
| Norwich Castle Norwich Castle Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It was founded in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England when William the Conqueror ordered its construction because he wished to have a fortified place in the important city of... |
Keep | Intact | Prison during 18–19th centuries. | |||
| Oxburgh Hall Oxburgh Hall Oxburgh Hall is a moated country house in Oxborough, Norfolk, England, today in the hands of the National Trust. Built around 1482 by Sir Edmund Bedingfeld, Oxburgh has always been a family home, not a fortress... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | 18th and 19th century additions. | |||
| Weeting Castle Weeting Castle Weeting Castle is a 12th-century ruin with a three-story-high tower in Weeting, near Brandon, Norfolk, England. Despite the name, it is not a castle but actually a fortified manor house. It has a large open hall and an attached two-storey chamber block. There's a domed brick ice-house on the... |
Fortified manor house | Fragmentary ruins |
NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
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Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle was in the village of Fotheringhay 3½ miles to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire .King Richard III was born here in 1452 and it was also where Mary, Queen of Scots, was tried and executed in 1587....
was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.
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| Astwell Castle Astwell Castle Astwell Castle is a manor house in Northamptonshire, England about south-west of Wappenham. It is a listed building and part of the parish of Helmdon, a village west.-15th-16th century:... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private, farm | Gatehouse survives alongside 17th century house. | ||
| Barnwell Castle Barnwell Castle Barnwell Castle is a ruined castle, south of the town of Oundle, and west of the village of Barnwell, Northamptonshire . It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.... |
Rectangular castle | Ruins | Private | |||
| Rockingham Castle Rockingham Castle Rockingham Castle is a former royal castle and hunting lodge in Rockingham Forest a mile to the north of Corby, Northamptonshire.-History:The site on which the castle stands has been used in the Iron Age, Roman period and by the invading Saxons also used by the Normans, Tudors and also used in the... |
Motte and bailey | Rebuilt |  |
13th century gatehouse survives, largely rebuilt 16th century, remodelled 1660 and by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... in 19th century. |
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| Thorpe Waterville Castle Thorpe Waterville Castle Thorpe Waterville Castle was a medieval fortified manor house near Thorpe Waterville, Northamptonshire, England.-Details:Thorpe Waterville Castle was built by Walter Langton, the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, around 1300. The wood for the castle was stolen by Langton from the woods of a nearby... |
Castle | Fragment | Private | Great hall with fine open roof survives, altered for use as a barn. |
NorthumberlandNorthumberlandNorthumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Alnham Vicars Pele Alnham Alnham is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about to the west of Alnwick.To the west of the Church of St Michael, Alnham Vicars Pele is a 14th century pele tower, restored from a ruinous state in the 19th century.... |
Pele tower | Restored | Private | |||
| Alnwick Castle Alnwick Castle Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. It is the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:Alnwick... |
Keep and bailey | Restored | Duke of Northumberland Duke of Northumberland The Duke of Northumberland is a title in the peerage of Great Britain that has been created several times. Since the third creation in 1766, the title has belonged to the House of Percy , which held the title of Earl of Northumberland from 1377.... |
Remodelled by Robert Adam Robert Adam Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him... and Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... . |
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| Aydon Castle Aydon Castle Aydon Castle is a fortified manor house at Aydon near to the town of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.... |
Fortified manor house | Intact |  |
Converted to farmhouse 17th century. | ||
| Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:... |
Keep and bailey | Restored |  |
Lord Armstrong |
Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored 1894–1904. | |
| Barmoor Castle Barmoor Castle Barmoor Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house built on an ancient site in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building... |
Tower house | Rebuilt |  |
Private | 19th century mansion incorporating remains of 14th century building. | |
| Beaufront Castle Beaufront Castle Beaufront Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house near Hexham, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.A pele tower was recorded at Beaufront in 1415... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private | 19th century mansion on site of 15th century tower house. | ||
| Bellister Castle Bellister Castle Bellister Castle is a National Trust owned castellated 19th century mansion house attached to the ruinous remains of a 14th century tower house, situated near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.The property stands on a mound which... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | Private | Ruins adjoining 17th century house. | ||
| Belsay Castle Belsay Castle Belsay Castle is a 14th century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.... |
Tower house | Intact | Later ruined building attached. | |||
| Berwick Castle Berwick Castle Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish King David I. In 1296-8, the English King Edward I had the castle rebuilt and the town fortified, before it was returned to Scotland... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Bitchfield Castle | Pele tower | Restored | Private | Incorporated in later mansion. | ||
| Blenkinsop Castle Blenkinsop Castle Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house located above the Tipalt Burn approximately one mile from Greenhead, Northumberland, England... |
Tower house | Ruins | Private | Incorporated in 19th century house. | ||
| Bothal Castle Bothal Castle Bothal Castle stands by the River Wansbeck in the village of Bothal, between Morpeth and Ashington in Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.It is possibly the site of a Norman castle.... |
Castle | Rebuilt |  |
Private | Extensively restored 19th century. | |
| Bywell Castle Bywell Castle Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England . It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument... |
Castle | Fragments |  |
Private | Gatehouse survives. | |
| Callaly Castle Callaly Castle Callaly Castle is a Grade I listed building and a substantial country house to the north of the village of Callaly, which is some to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England.It is situated near the site of a 12th century motte castle... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private apartments | Incorporated in later country house. | ||
| Cartington Castle Cartington Castle Cartington Castle is a ruinous, partly restored medieval English castle in the village of Cartington, north-west of Rothbury in the county of Northumberland, England looking down on the River Coquet. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.Its first recorded owner was... |
Pele tower and extensions | Fragmentary remains | Private | |||
| Chillingham Castle Chillingham Castle Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey family and their descendants the Earls of Tankerville from the 13th century until the 1980s. The Chillingham Wild Cattle, formerly associated with the... |
Quadrangular castle | Intact | Altered 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982. | |||
| Chipchase Castle Chipchase Castle Chipchase Castle is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England... |
Tower house | Intact | Incorporated in Jacobean Jacobean architecture The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.-Characteristics:... house, altered 18–19th centuries. |
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| Cocklaw Tower | Tower house | Shell | Private, farm | Near Wall Wall, Northumberland Wall is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north of Hexham close by the River North Tyne and Hadrian's Wall. The Battle of Heavenfield was fought nearby.- Governance : is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.... . |
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| Cockle Park Tower Cocklepark Tower Cocklepark Tower is in the hamlet of Cockle Park, Northumberland, England some to the north of Morpeth.This was a three-storied tower-house which was built in the 15th century. It was later extended by the addition of a domestic building. It was in use until recently but it is now unsafe... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | Newcastle University | |||
| Corbridge Vicar's Pele Corbridge Vicar's Pele Corbridge Vicar's Pele is a pele tower in the village of Corbridge, Northumberland, England.It was a three-storey pele tower, with one room to each storey, built in the churchyard in 1318, and used as the vicarage for the adjacent church. It is built largely from sandstone taken from the Roman... |
Pele tower | Intact | Re-roofed 1910. | |||
| Coupland Castle Coupland Castle Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building... |
Tower house | Restored |  |
Private | Later additions. | |
| Craster Tower Craster Tower Craster Tower is an 18th century Georgian mansion incorporating a 14th century pele tower situated in the fishing village of Craster, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Incorporated in later building. | ||
| Crawley Tower | Pele tower | Ruins | Private | A cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century. | ||
| Cresswell Castle Cresswell Castle, Northumberland Cresswell Castle is in the village of Cresswell, situated approximately to the north of Ashington, Northumberland, England.This tower house was built in the 13th century and consists of a rectangular building with a turret at one corner.-References:... |
Pele tower | Ruin | 18th century parapet. | |||
| Dilston Castle Dilston Castle The Mencap National College Dilston is a specialist college situated in rural Northumberland.|It is located midway between Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle and it is easily accessible by road, rail and air.... |
Tower house | Ruins | Altered 16–17th century, later buildings demolished. | |||
| Dunstanburgh Castle Dunstanburgh Castle Dunstanburgh Castle lies on a spectacular headland on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton.... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Spectacular coastal setting. | |||
| Edlingham Castle Edlingham Castle Edlingham Castle is a small castle ruin, having Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building status, in the care of English Heritage, in a valley to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins |  |
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| Elsdon Tower Elsdon Tower Elsdon Tower is a medieval tower house converted for use as a Rectory situated at Elsdon, Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.The property was first recorded as a Vicars Pele, a pele tower in the occupation of the Rector of Elsdon in 1415.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | Altered, rectory Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... until 1960, restored 1990s. |
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| Embleton Tower Embleton Tower Embleton Tower is a peel tower and Grade I listed building in the village of Embleton in Northumberland, England. Tradition states that in 1395, the tower was built to protect the minister and church goers of Embleton's Church of the Holy Trinity after the village suffered from a raid by the Scots... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | 19th century vicarage Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... attached. |
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| Etal Castle Etal Castle Etal Castle is a medieval English castle situated at Etal, Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins | ||||
| Featherstone Castle Featherstone Castle Featherstone Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a large Gothic style country mansion situated on the bank of the River South Tyne about southwest of the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England.... |
Castle | Intact |  |
Private | 14th century tower, three further towers added 18–19th century. | |
| Ford Castle Ford Castle Forde Castle is a Grade 1 listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England.... |
Quadrangular castle | Substantially intact |  |
Private | Converted into mansion 17th century. | |
| Halton Castle Halton Castle, Northumberland Halton Castle is a pele tower and grade I listed building situated close to Hadrian's Wall to the north of the village of Corbridge in Northumberland, England.... |
Tower house | Intact | Private | Attached to later house. | ||
| Harbottle Castle Harbottle Castle Harbottle Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle, Northumberland, England west-north-west of Rothbury overlooking the River Coquet... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park is the northernmost national park in England. It covers an area of more than 1030 km² between the Scottish Border in the north to just south of Hadrian's Wall. It is one of the least populated and least visited of the National Parks... |
Captured by Robert Bruce Robert Bruce Robert Bruce or Robert the Bruce may refer to:*Robert the Bruce, King of Scots , Earl of Carrick and Lord of Annandale; victor at the Battle of Bannockburn*Robert Bruce , his illegitimate son... in 1318. |
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| Haughton Castle Haughton Castle Haughton Castle is a privately owned country mansion situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank of the North Tyne. It is some 10 km north of Hexham, Northumberland .... |
Tower house | Restored | Private | Altered 18–19th centuries. | ||
| Hexham Moot Hall and Old Gaol | Fortified towers | Intact | Probably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has "Turris de Hexham". | |||
| Horsley Tower, Longhorsley Longhorsley Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are 6 "Streets" in Longhorsley: Whitegates, Church View, Drummonds Close, West... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | |||
| Langley Castle Langley Castle Langley Castle is a restored medieval tower house, now operated as an hotel, situated in the village of Langley in the valley of the River South Tyne some south of Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.-Details:... |
Tower house | Restored |  |
Hotel | Restored 1890s. | |
| Lemmington Hall Lemmington Hall Lemmington Hall is an 18th-century country mansion incorporating a 15th-century tower house, situated near Edlingham, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building... |
Tower house | Restored | Wedding venue | Incorporated in later house. | ||
| Lindisfarne Castle Lindisfarne Castle Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.-History:... |
Artillery fort | Restored |  |
Remodelled by Edwin Lutyens Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era... 1901. |
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| Mitford Castle Mitford Castle Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located at Mitford, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, enlisted on 20 October 1969. The castle is also officially on the Buildings at Risk Register... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins |  |
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| Morpeth Castle Morpeth Castle Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England.-History:The original motte and bailey dating from the 11th century was built on a hill overlooking the River Wansbeck and destroyed by King John in 1216... |
Castle | Fragments |  |
Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
Only gatehouse and a section of wall remain. | |
| Norham Castle Norham Castle Norham Castle is a partly ruined castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Keep remodelled 1422–5, partly rebuilt 1513–15. | |||
| Preston Tower, Ellingham Ellingham, Northumberland Ellingham is a civil parish in Northumberland, England.- External links :*... |
Pele tower | Fragment | South wall remains, with two of the original four turrets. | |||
| Prior Castell's Tower Farne Islands The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. There are between 15 and 20 or more islands depending on the state of the tide. They are scattered about 2.5–7.5 km distant from the mainland, divided into two groups, the Inner Group and the Outer Group... |
Tower house | Substantially intact | ||||
| Prudhoe Castle Prudhoe Castle Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.-The Umfravilles:... |
Castle | Ruins |  |
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| Shilbottle Tower | Pele tower | Restored | Private | Incorporated into a vicarage Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... . |
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| Shortflatt Tower Bolam, Northumberland Bolam is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about north-west of Newcastle, close to Bolam West Houses.About south-west of the village, Shortflatt Tower comprises a late 15th or early 16th century pele tower, attached to a 17th century house.... |
Pele tower | Restored | Wedding venue | Incorporated in later house. | ||
| Thirlwall Castle Thirlwall Castle Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead and approximately west of Hexham. It was built in the 12th century, and later strengthened using stones from nearby Hadrian's Wall, but began to fall into... |
Tower house | Fragmentary ruins | Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park is the northernmost national park in England. It covers an area of more than 1030 km² between the Scottish Border in the north to just south of Hadrian's Wall. It is one of the least populated and least visited of the National Parks... |
Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The... . |
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| Warkworth Castle Warkworth Castle Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. The town and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | ||||
| Whittingham Tower Whittingham, Northumberland Whittingham is a village in the English County of Northumberland.In the village is Whittingham Tower, a pele tower dating from the thirteenth or fourteenth century, converted into almshouses in 1845, and now in private ownership.- Governance :... |
Pele tower | Restored | Private | Converted for use as almshouses in 1845. | ||
| Whitton Tower | Pele tower | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Near Rothbury Rothbury Rothbury is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is located on the River Coquet, northwest of Morpeth and north-northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne... , well-preserved. |
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| Willimoteswick Castle | Fortified manor house | Ruins | Private, farm | Incorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt 1900. |
North YorkshireNorth YorkshireNorth Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
Castles of which little remains include:
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| Ayton Castle West Ayton West Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, West Ayton parish had a population of 831.... |
Castle | Fragment |  |
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| Barden Tower Barden, Craven Barden is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is by the River Wharfe and is in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales. The parish includes Barden Fell... |
Castle | Ruins | ||||
| Bolton Castle Bolton Castle Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire, is located in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales . The nearby village Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle. The castle is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War, but much of it remains... |
Quadrangular castle | Ruins |  |
Besieged and slighted during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... . |
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| Cawood Castle Cawood Castle Cawood Castle was a palace for the Archbishops of York. The remains of the castle are located in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragments |  |
Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
Largely demolished 1750, gatehouse survives. | |
| Clifford's Tower | Keep | Restored | Reduced in height 1596. | |||
| Crayke Castle Crayke Crayke is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about two miles east of Easingwold.The parish was formerly a detached part of County Durham , due to its connection with St Cuthbert and the Bishop of Durham, who had a castle at Crayke.The seventh-century... |
Tower house | Restored | Private | 18th and 19th century additions and alterations. | ||
| Danby Castle Danby, North Yorkshire Danby is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Danby parish had a population of 1,515. Karl Pearson spent a lot of time there.... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragmentary ruins | Private, farm | Partly used as farm buildings. | ||
| Gilling Castle Gilling Castle Gilling Castle is a castle near Gilling East, North Yorkshire, England . The castle was originally the home of the Etton family, who appeared there at the end of the 12th century... |
Tower house | Intact | St. Martin's Ampleforth School St Martin's Ampleforth St Martin's Ampleforth is the Preparatory School for Ampleforth College. It is situated in the village of Gilling East, at Gilling Castle, North Yorkshire, England... |
16th and 18th century additions and alterations. | ||
| Hazlewood Castle Hazlewood Castle Hazlewood Castle is a country residence situated in North Yorkshire, England by the A1 and A64 between Aberford and Tadcaster.The first records of the house are to be found in the Domesday Book... |
Castle | Rebuilt | Hotel | Altered 18th and 20th centuries, formerly Carmelite Carmelites The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites is a Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, hence its name. However, historical records about its origin remain uncertain... retreat centre. |
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| Hellifield Peel Hellifield Hellifield is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England . The village once was an important railway junction on the Settle-Carlisle Railway between the Midland Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, but Hellifield railway station is now a shadow of... |
Tower house | Restored | Hotel | Restored 2005. | ||
| Helmsley Castle Helmsley Castle Helmsley Castle is a medieval castle situated in the market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Severely slighted 1645. | ||
| Hornby Castle Hornby Castle, Yorkshire Hornby Castle, Yorkshire was a fourteenth and fifteenth-century courtyard castle in Swaledale. It was largely rebuilt in the fifteenth century by William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers after the Conyers family had inherited it, but retained the fourteenth-century St... |
Courtyard castle | Restored | Private | Converted to country house by John Carr, 18th century. | ||
| Knaresborough Castle Knaresborough Castle Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.-History:The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c.1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary ruins |  |
Duchy of Lancaster Duchy of Lancaster The Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch... |
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| Marmion Tower Marmion Tower Marmion Tower is a 15th century gatehouse near to the village of West Tanfield in North Yorkshire, England.It was the entrance to and formerly adjoined to a now vanished manor house by the River Ure, owned by the Marmion family from which the gatehouse gets its name... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Surviving gatehouse of Tanfield Castle. | |||
| Middleham Castle Middleham Castle Middleham Castle in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190. It was built near the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
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| (Old) Mulgrave Castle | Enclosure castle | Fragmentary ruins | Marquess of Normanby Marquess of Normanby Marquess of Normanby is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.The first creation came in 1694 in the Peerage of England in favour of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave KG... |
Superseded by 18–19th century castellated mansion also known as Mulgrave Castle. | ||
| Nappa Hall Askrigg Askrigg is a small village and civil parish in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is part of the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Private | Enlarged 17th century, little altered since. | ||
| Pickering Castle Pickering Castle Pickering Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England.- Design :Pickering castle was originally a timber and earth motte and bailey castle. It was developed into a stone motte and bailey castle which had a stone shell keep. The current inner ward was originally... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
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| Ravensworth Castle Ravensworth Castle (North Yorkshire) Ravensworth Castle is a ruined 14th century castle in the village of Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.-History:... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | Private | |||
| Richmond Castle Richmond Castle Richmond Castle in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, stands in a commanding position above the River Swale, close to the centre of the town of Richmond. It was originally called Riche Mount, 'the strong hill'... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Keep 100 ft (30.5 m) high. | ||
| Ripley Castle | Tower house | Rebuilt | Extended 1783–6 in Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... style. |
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| Scarborough Castle Scarborough Castle Scarborough Castle is a former medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
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| Sheriff Hutton Castle Sheriff Hutton Castle Sheriff Hutton Castle is a quadrangular castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England.-History:The original motte and bailey castle, the remains of which can be seen to the south of the churchyard. was built by Bertram de Bulmer, Sheriff of York during the reign of King Stephen... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragmentary ruins | Private | |||
| Skelton Castle Skelton-in-Cleveland Skelton-in-Cleveland is a small town in the civil parish of Skelton and Brotton in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in the North East of England. It is situated at the foot of the Cleveland Hills and about east of Middlesbrough. Skelton is... |
Castellated house | Intact | Private | 18–19th century house incorporates remains of medieval castle. | ||
| Skipton Castle Skipton Castle Skipton Castle is situated within the town of Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. The castle has been preserved for over 900 years, built in 1090 by Robert de Romille, a Norman baron.- History :... |
Castle | Restored | Partly demolished 1649, rebuilt 1657–8. | |||
| Snape Castle Snape, North Yorkshire Snape is a large village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, located about 3 miles south of Bedale and 3 miles west of the A1, it has a population of 350... |
Castle | Partly ruined |  |
Private | Mostly reconstructed 17th century. | |
| South Cowton Castle South Cowton Castle South Cowton Castle is a 15th century fortified dwelling house in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.It is situated on the land that was once the medieval village of South Cowton.... |
Tower house | Restored | Private | Altered 19th century, farmhouse. | ||
| Spofforth Castle Spofforth Castle Spofforth Castle in the village of Spofforth, North Yorkshire, England comprises the ruins of a hall range and is all that remains from a fortified house. The current castle was built by the Percy family in the early 13th century, with alterations made in the 14th/15th centuries... |
Fortified manor house | Fragmentary ruins |  |
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| Whorlton Castle Whorlton, North Yorkshire Whorlton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is very near Swainby and the A19, and 6 miles south west of Stokesley. Features include the remains of Whorlton Castle and the Church of the Holy Rood.... |
Castle | Fragmentary ruins | Remains of gatehouse. | |||
| Wilton Castle Wilton Castle (Yorkshire) Wilton Castle is an early 19th century mansion house, built on the site of a medieval castle, now converted into residential apartments, situated at Wilton, in Redcar and Cleveland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private apartments | By Smirke on site of medieval castle. |
NottinghamshireNottinghamshireNottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
Castles of which little remains include:
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| Halloughton Manor House Halloughton Halloughton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 9 miles west of Newark on Trent and is within the civil parish of Southwell.... |
Pele tower | Intact | Private | Attached to later building. | ||
| Newark Castle Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire Newark Castle, in Newark, in the English county of Nottinghamshire was built by Alexander, consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in 1123, who established it as a mint. His rebuild here was probably the model for that at Sleaford Castle, also built by Alexander.... |
Castle | Ruins | / Newark District Council | Gatehouse, part of curtain wall and a tower remain. | ||
| Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle is a castle in Nottingham, England. It is located in a commanding position on a natural promontory known as "'Castle Rock'", with cliffs high to the south and west. In the Middle Ages it was a major royal fortress and occasional royal residence... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council is the non-metropolitan district council for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. It is led by Jon Collins, of the majority Labour Party. The deputy leader of the... |
Demolished 1651, later mansion on site, much restored 14th century gatehouse remains. |
OxfordshireOxfordshireOxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Bampton Castle Bampton Castle, Oxfordshire Bampton Castle was in the village of Bampton, Oxfordshire .Differing accounts of its origin exist. One states that in about 1142 AD during the reign of Stephen, Matilda built a motte castle... |
Quadrangular castle | Fragment | Private | Parts of gatehouse and curtain wall survive in later house, Ham Court. | ||
| Broughton Castle Broughton Castle Broughton Castle is a medieval manor house located in the village of Broughton which is about two miles south-west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England on the B4035 road .... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Remodelled 15–18th centuries. | |||
| Hanwell Castle | Castellated house | Fragment | Private | Large surviving tower of unfortified building. | ||
| Oxford Castle Oxford Castle Oxford Castle is a large, partly ruined Norman medieval castle situated on the west edge of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. The original moated, wooden motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone in the 11th century and played an important role in the conflict of the Anarchy... |
Motte and bailey | Fragment | Hotel | Motte and the unusual, possibly Saxon Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of... , St. George's Tower. |
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| Rotherfield Greys Castle Greys Court Greys Court is a Tudor country house and associated gardens, located at , at the southern end of the Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Towers and section of wall survive, close to Greys Court Greys Court Greys Court is a Tudor country house and associated gardens, located at , at the southern end of the Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public.... . |
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| Shirburn Castle Shirburn Castle Shirburn Castle is at the village of Shirburn, south of Thame, Oxfordshire.Shirburn Castle was the seat of the Earls of Macclesfield. George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield , celebrated as an astronomer, spent much time conducting astronomical observations at Shirburn Castle, which his father... |
Quadrangular castle | Rebuilt | Private | Originally stone, largely rebuilt in brick c.1720, remodelled 19th century. | ||
| Wallingford Castle Wallingford Castle Wallingford Castle was a major medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire , adjacent to the River Thames... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Slighted 1652, impressive earthworks remain. |
RutlandRutlandRutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Oakham Castle Oakham Castle Oakham Castle is located in Oakham, Rutland. It was constructed between 1180 and 1190, in the reign of Henry II for Walchelin de Ferriers, Lord of the Manor of Oakham... |
Motte and bailey | Fragment |  |
/ Rutland County Council Rutland County Council Rutland County Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the historic county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The current Council was created in April 1997.... |
Aisled great hall built 1180–1190 survives. |
ShropshireShropshireShropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Acton Burnell Castle Acton Burnell Castle Acton Burnell Castle is a 13th-century fortified manor house, located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England . It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283. Today all that remains is the outer shell of the... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins |  |
Shell, used as a barn in the 18th century. | ||
| Alberbury Castle Alberbury Castle Alberbury Castle is in the village of Alberbury, some nine miles north-west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and very close to the border with Wales. It is a Grade II listed building.... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | ||||
| Bridgnorth Castle Bridgnorth Castle Bridgnorth Castle is in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire beside the River Severn .The castle was founded in 1101 by Robert de Belleme, the son of the French Earl, Roger de Montgomery, who succeeded his father to become the Earl of Shrewsbury... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Slighted 1645. | ||
| Broncroft Castle Bouldon Bouldon is a village in Shropshire, England. Bouldon has no shops, church or school. It has 11 houses including 1 farm and an old pub,that is now a house. It has a converted iron mill which still has the water wheel inside. There is also a house on the site where an old chapel used to be... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Private | Renovated 19th century. | ||
| Cheney Longville Castle Cheney Longville Castle Cheney Longville Castle was in the village of Cheney Longville to the north of Craven Arms, Shropshire . It is a much restored 14th century fortified manor house.... |
Fortified manor house | Part habitable | Private | Building At Risk. | ||
| Clun Castle Clun Castle Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the invasion and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Ruins of keep built onto side of motte. | |||
| Hopton Castle Hopton Castle (structure) Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately half way between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the British TV series Time Team in 2010... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
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| Ludlow Castle Ludlow Castle Ludlow Castle is a large, partly ruined, non-inhabited castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Earl of Powis Earl of Powis Earl of Powis is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 in favour of William Herbert, 3rd Baron Powis. In 1687 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Powis... |
One of the great Welsh border castles. | |
| Moreton Corbet Castle Moreton Corbet castle Moreton Corbet Castle is an English Heritage property located near the village of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The ruins are from two different eras: a medieval stronghold and an Elizabethan era manor house... |
Keep | Fragmentary remains |  |
Adjoining ruins of 16th century building. | ||
| Quatford Castle Quatford Quatford is a village in the Severn Valley, Shropshire, England. It is located on the A442, just south of the town of Bridgnorth and on the bank of the River Severn.-History:... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private | Nearby are earthwork remains of the medieval Quatford Castle. | ||
| Red Castle Hawkstone Park Hawkstone Park is an historic landscape park with pleasure grounds and gardens formerly belonging to Hawkstone Hall, near to Market Drayton, in Shropshire, England, UK, one mile east of the A49 road.... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains. | Adapted as feature of Hawkstone Park Hawkstone Park Hawkstone Park is an historic landscape park with pleasure grounds and gardens formerly belonging to Hawkstone Hall, near to Market Drayton, in Shropshire, England, UK, one mile east of the A49 road.... , 18th century landscape garden. Building At Risk. |
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| Rowton Castle Rowton Castle Rowton Castle, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house that was once the home of the Royal Normal College for the Blind before it moved to its present location in Hereford. The house is situated in of grounds about west of Shrewsbury... |
Sham castle | Intact | Hotel | On site of medieval castle, remodelled 1809–12 by George Wyatt. | ||
| Shrewsbury Castle Shrewsbury Castle Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. The castle is situated directly above Shrewsbury railway station.... |
Castle | Rebuilt | Shropshire Council Shropshire Council Shropshire Council is a unitary authority in Shropshire, United Kingdom.It replaced the former two-tier local government structure in the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire on 1 April 2009, which involved its immediate predecessor, Shropshire County Council, and five non-metropolitan districts -... |
Restored and extended 1642, altered c.1790 by Telford Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:... . |
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| Stokesay Castle Stokesay Castle Stokesay Castle is a fortified manor house in Stokesay, a mile south of the town of Craven Arms, in southern Shropshire. It was built in the late 13th century... |
Fortified manor house | Intact | Restored 19th century. | |||
| Wattlesborough Castle Halfway House, Shropshire Halfway House is a village in Shropshire, England, halfway between Shrewsbury and Welshpool on the A458 road.A mile to the north-east at Wattlesborough Hall the 12th century keep of Wattlesborough Castle survives, adjoining an 18th century farmhouse.... |
Castle | Fragment | Private | Near Rowton Rowton, Shropshire Rowton is a small village located seven miles north of the Market Town of Wellington, Shropshire. The area is a Chapelry Division of High Ercall Parish.-History:... , keep/tower survives, adjoining Wattlesborough Hall. |
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| Whittington Castle Whittington Castle Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England, owned and managed by the Whittington Castle Preservation Fund. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain... |
Keep and bailey | Fragments | Local community |
Gatehouse towers survive. |
SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
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| Banwell Castle Banwell Castle Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The castle buildings, now a hotel and restaurant, and sometimes used as a wedding venue, are set in of grounds which are used for hawking activities.-History:The land on which... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Restaurant | Architect not known. | ||
| Beckington Castle Beckington Castle Beckington Castle is a historic house in in the village of Beckington, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.It was built in the early 17th century on the site of a medieval building. It has been home to various nobility and local businessmen, also serving as a hotel and school... |
Rebuilt | Company HQ | Medieval remains incorporated in later building. | |||
| Dunster Castle Dunster Castle Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century,... |
Castle | Rebuilt |  |
Existing house dates largely from c.1571, with 18–19th century alterations. | ||
| Farleigh Hungerford Castle Farleigh Hungerford Castle Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England. The castle was built in two phases: the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford, who made his fortune working as a... |
Enclosure castle | Ruins |  |
On high ground above the River Frome River Frome, Somerset The River Frome is a river in Somerset. It rises near Witham Friary, flows north through the town of Frome and joins the River Avon at Freshford, south of Bath.... . |
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| Newton St Loe Castle Newton St Loe Castle Newton St Loe Castle was a fortified manor house in the village of Newton St Loe, Somerset, England.-Details:Newton St Loe Castle was originally built as a fortified manor house, probably in the 12th century, surrounded by Newton Park, then a medieval deer park... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Bath Spa University Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a university based in, and around, Bath, England. The institution was previously known as Bath College of Higher Education, and later Bath Spa University College... |
Large tower and gatehouse, altered 16–17th century. | ||
| Nunney Castle Nunney Castle Nunney Castle is a castle in Nunney, Somerset, England. Built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years War, the moated castle's architectural style, possibly influenced by the design of French castles, has provoked considerable academic... |
Quadrangular castle | Ruins | Towers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed 1910. | |||
| Stogursey Castle Stogursey Castle Stogursey Castle is a medieval castle in Somerset, England, now used for holiday rental by the Landmark Trust.-History:Stogursey Castle was built to the south of the village of Stogursey by the family of the De Courcys, probably in the late 11th or early 12th century. The name Stogursey is a... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
17th century house built within remains of castle. | ||
| Sutton Court Sutton Court Sutton Court, Stowey, also known as Stowey Court, is a large English house built on the site of a fourteenth century castle, with sections built in the fifteenth and sixteenth century.... |
Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private apartments | Short length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored 19th century. | ||
| Taunton Castle Taunton Castle Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England.It has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a priory. The Normans then built a stone structured castle, which belonged to the Bishops of Winchester... |
Shell keep | Restored | Now houses Somerset County Museum Somerset County Museum The Museum of Somerset is located in the 12th century great hall of Taunton Castle, in Taunton in the county of Somerset, England. The museum is run by Somerset County Council and includes objects initially collected by the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society who own the... , Castle Hotel Castle Hotel, Taunton The Castle Hotel at Taunton is a hotel and restaurant located in the centre of Taunton, Somerset, England. The business is located in a Grade II listed 18th century reconstruction of the former 12th century Norman fortress, Taunton Castle.-Building:... incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse. |
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| Walton Castle Walton Castle Walton Castle is a 17th Century, Grade II listed castle set upon a hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, on the site of an earlier Iron Age hill fort.-History:... |
Sham castle | Restored | Private | Restored as private house 20th century. | ||
| Wells Bishop's Palace Bishop's Palace, Wells The Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset, England, is adjacent to Wells Cathedral and has been the home of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bath and Wells for 800 years.... |
Fortified palace | Substantially intact | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in... . |
South YorkshireSouth YorkshireSouth Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:
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| Conisbrough Castle Conisbrough Castle Conisbrough Castle is a 12th-century castle in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England, whose remains are dominated by the 97-foot high circular keep, which is supported by six buttresses. In the mid-1990s, the keep was restored, with a wooden roof and two floors being rebuilt... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Cylindrical keep, castle ruinous before English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... , so escaped slighting. |
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| Tickhill Castle Tickhill Castle Tickhill Castle was a castle in Tickhill, on the Nottingham/Yorkshire West Riding border, England and a prominent stronghold during the reign of King John I of England.-Early history:... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Private | Ruined gatehouse and parts of curtain walls remain. |
StaffordshireStaffordshireStaffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:
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| Alton Castle Alton Castle Alton Castle is in the village of Alton, Staffordshire. The castle is also known as or referred to in historical documents as Alverton or Aulton. The remains of the castle have been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is also a scheduled ancient monument... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains |  |
Youth centre | Cliff-top position, site partly occupied by 19th century building. | |
| Caverswall Castle Caverswall Castle Caverswall Castle is a privately owned early 17th century mansion built in a castellar style upon the foundations and within the walls of a 13th century medieval castle. It is a Grade I listed building in Caverswall, Staffordshire.... |
Enclosure castle | Substantially intact | Private | Moated, walls and towers reduced in height, 17th century mansion built within. | ||
| Chartley Castle Chartley Castle Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter . It is a Grade II* listed building... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Private | Altered in 13th century to form enclosure castle, abandoned by 1485. | |
| Eccleshall Castle Eccleshall Castle Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England . It was originally built in the 13th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building.... |
Castle | Fragmentary remains | Private | Remains partly incorporated into house of c.1695, rebuilt 19th century. | ||
| Stafford Castle Stafford Castle Stafford Castle lies two miles to the west of Stafford, just off the A518 Stafford-to-Newport Road, and can be seen from the M6 motorway. The stone building is an important early example of a 19th century Gothic Revival Keep. The structure was built on the foundations of its medieval predecessor... |
Motte and bailey | Earthworks | / Stafford Borough Council | Medieval keep partly rebuilt 19th century, then partly demolished. | ||
| Stourton Castle | Castle | Fragment | Private | Remains incorporated in later buildings. | ||
| Tamworth Castle Tamworth Castle Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle, located next to the River Tame, in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England.... |
Shell keep | Rebuilt |  |
Local authority |
Largely rebuilt 16–18th centuries. | |
| Tutbury Castle Tutbury Castle Tutbury Castle is a largely ruinous medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster. It is a Grade I listed building... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary ruins | Slighted 1647–8, 19th century folly stands on motte. |
SuffolkSuffolkSuffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
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| Bungay Castle Bungay Castle Bungay Castle is in the town of Bungay, Suffolk by the River Waveney.-Details:Originally this was a Norman castle built by Roger Bigod, around 1100, which took advantage of the protection given by the curve of the River Waveney... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
/ Bungay Castle Trust | Abandoned c.1365. | |
| Clare Castle Clare Castle Clare Castle is a medieval castle in the small town of Clare in Suffolk, England. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England by Richard Fitz Gilbert, the motte and bailey castle was later improved in stone. In the 14th century the castle was the home of Elizabeth de Clare, one of the... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | Motte 53 ft (16.2 m) high. | |||
| Eye Castle Eye Castle Eye Castle is a motte and bailey medieval castle with a prominent Victorian addition in the town of Eye, Suffolk. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and largely destroyed in 1265... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Motte over 40 ft (12.2 m) high. | ||
| Framlingham Castle Framlingham Castle Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham in Suffolk in England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroyed by Henry II of England in the aftermath of the revolt of 1173-4... |
Enclosure castle | Ruins |  |
Used as poor house 17–19th centuries. | ||
| Mettingham Castle Mettingham Castle Mettingham Castle was a fortified manor house in the village of Mettingham, Suffolk, England.-Details:Mettingham Castle was formed by Sir John de Norwich, who was given a license to crenellate his existing manor house on the site in 1342... |
Fortified manor house | Fragmentary remains | Private | Gatehouse survives. | ||
| Orford Castle Orford Castle Orford Castle is a castle in the village of Orford, Suffolk, England, located 12 miles northeast of Ipswich, with views over the Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolidate royal power in the region. The well-preserved keep, described by historian R... |
Keep | Intact |  |
Unique polygonal keep survives. | ||
| Wingfield Castle Wingfield Castle Wingfield Castle, Wingfield, Suffolk, England was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De La Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk, but is now a private house.... |
Castle | Fragment | Private | South curtain wall, gatehouse and east drawbridge Drawbridge A drawbridge is a type of movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a castle surrounded by a moat. The term is often used to describe all different types of movable bridges, like bascule bridges and lift bridges.-Castle drawbridges:... survive, with 16–17th century house. |
SurreySurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
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| Farnham Castle Farnham Castle Farnham Castle is a castle in Farnham, Surrey, England .First built in 1138 by Henri de Blois, grandson of William the Conqueror, Bishop of Winchester, the castle was to become the home of the Bishops of Winchester for over 800 years. The original building was demolished by Henry II in 1155 after... |
Keep and bailey | Substantially intact | Shell keep replaced earlier keep part buried, part remodelled 17th century. | |||
| Guildford Castle Guildford Castle Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built shortly after the 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror.-Construction and development:... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Local authority |
Tower keep survives, roofless since c.17th century. |
Tyne and WearTyne and WearTyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
Castles of which little remains include:
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| Hylton Castle Hylton Castle Hylton Castle is a ruined stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century... |
Tower house | Ruins |  |
Large gatehouse tower, incorporated into 18th century house, since demolished. | ||
| Newcastle Castle | Keep and bailey | Restored | / Newcastle City Council Newcastle City Council Newcastle City Council is the local government authority for Newcastle upon Tyne, a city in Tyne and Wear, England. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the city's 26 wards... |
Keep and gatehouse survive. | ||
| Old Hollinside Whickham Whickham is a town in North East England, four miles south west of Newcastle upon Tyne and four and a half miles west of Gateshead. Whickham is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Its postal address is Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne. Whickham is situated on high ground overlooking the... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins | On slope overlooking River Derwent River Derwent, North East England The River Derwent is a river on the border between County Durham and Northumberland in the north east of England. It broadens into the Derwent Reservoir, west of Consett. The Derwent is a tributary of the River Tyne, which it joins near the MetroCentre... . |
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| Ravensworth Castle | Quadrangular castle | Ruins | Private | Two towers of medieval castle survive, amidst ruins of later building. Building At Risk. | ||
| Tynemouth Castle | Enclosure castle | Ruins | Built to enclose and protect the priory Priory A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the... , modified as artillery castle 16th century. |
WarwickshireWarwickshireWarwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:
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| Astley Castle Astley Castle Astley Castle is a ruinous moated fortified 16th century manor house in North Warwickshire. It has been listed as a Grade II* listed building since 1951 and as a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1994... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins |  |
Landmark Trust Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... |
Altered 15–19th centuries, hotel until fire in 1978. Building At Risk. | |
| Kenilworth Castle Kenilworth Castle Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins | Altered 16th century, slighted 1650. | |||
| Maxstoke Castle Maxstoke Castle Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from medieval times situated to the north of Maxstoke, Warwickshire.-Details: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... |
Quadrangular castle | Substantially intact | NGS | Moated, domestic buildings of 15–19th centuries within curtain walls. | ||
| Warwick Castle Warwick Castle Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire, England. It sits on a bend on the River Avon. The castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1068 within or adjacent to the Anglo-Saxon burh of Warwick. It was used as a fortification until the early 17th century,... |
Castle | Intact |  |
Guy's tower rises 128 ft (39 m), 17th century residential block, remodelled by Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin Anthony Salvin was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations... after fire. |
West MidlandsWest Midlands (county)The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:
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| Dudley Castle Dudley Castle Dudley Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England. Dudley Zoo is located in its grounds. The location, Castle Hill, is an outcrop of Wenlock Group limestone that was extensively quarried during the Industrial Revolution, and which now along with Wren's Nest Hill is a... |
Keep and bailey | Ruins |  |
Dudley Zoo Dudley Zoo Dudley Zoological Gardens is a zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England... |
Slighted in 1647, then rebuilt and inhabited until destroyed by fire in 1750, partly restored 19th century. |
West SussexWest SussexWest Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
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| Amberley Castle Amberley Castle Amberley Castle is in the village of Amberley, West Sussex . It is a Grade I listed building.It was erected as a 12th century manor house and fortified in 1377... |
Castle | Partly habitable |  |
Hotel | Remodelled 16th century and later, incorporates 12th century manor, working portcullis Portcullis A portcullis is a latticed grille made of wood, metal, fibreglass or a combination of the three. Portcullises fortified the entrances to many medieval castles, acting as a last line of defence during time of attack or siege... . |
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| Arundel Castle Arundel Castle Arundel Castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. It was founded by Roger de Montgomery on Christmas Day 1067. Roger became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror... |
Keep and bailey | Heavily restored | Duke of Norfolk Duke of Norfolk The Duke of Norfolk is the premier duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the premier earl. The Duke of Norfolk is, moreover, the Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of England. The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the... |
Remodelled 1791–1815 and 1890–1903. | ||
| Bramber Castle Bramber Castle Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Bramber, West Sussex overlooking the River Adur .William De Braose constructed the castle c1070, along with the Norman church, on a natural mound and most of the surviving masonry dates from this time... |
Keep and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Commanding position, earthworks and fragment of wall remain. | ||
| Halnaker House Halnaker Halnaker is a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A285 road 3.5 miles northeast of Chichester, where it follows the line of the Roman road to London called Stane Street. There is a traditional pub, The Anglesey Arms and a blacksmiths shop. Goodwood House is... |
Fortified manor house | Ruins | Private | Altered 18th century, fell into ruin 1880s, replaced by later house of same name. |
West YorkshireWest YorkshireWest Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:
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| Dobroyd Castle Dobroyd castle Dobroyd Castle is an important historic building above the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. It was built for John Fielden, local mill owner and son of Honest John Fielden the Social Reformer and MP.The building has had a varied past... |
Sham Castle | Intact | Activity centre | By John Gibson John Gibson (architect) John Gibson was an English architect born in Warwickshire.Gibson was an assistant to Sir Charles Barry and assisted him in the drawings of the Houses of Parliament.... . |
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| Harewood Castle Harewood Castle Harewood Castle is a 12th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England . Harewood Castle is a grade I listed building.-History:... |
Tower house | Ruins | Private | Shell of tower, substantially intact, within Harewood House Harewood House Harewood House is a country house located in Harewood , near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a member of Treasure Houses of England, a marketing consortium for nine of the foremost stately homes in England... estate. |
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| Pontefract Castle Pontefract Castle Pontefract Castle is a castle in the town of Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was the site of the demise of Richard II of England, and later the place of a series of famous sieges during the English Civil War-History:... |
Enclosure castle | Fragmentary remains | Local authority |
Royal castle, withstood three sieges during English Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists... , afterwards dismantled. |
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| Sandal Castle Sandal Castle Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, overlooking the River Calder. It was the site of royal intrigue, the opening of one of William Shakespeare's plays, and was the source for a common children's nursery rhyme.-The... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains |  |
Well-preserved earthworks, excavated site with visitor centre. |
WiltshireWiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:
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| Devizes Castle Devizes Castle Devizes Castle was in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England .The first motte and bailey castle on this site was built in 1080 by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury. This castle burnt down in 1113 and was rebuilt in stone by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, by 1120. He occupied it under Henry I and later... |
Neo-romantic castle | Intact | Private apartments | Present building begun 1842 on site of important medieval castle. | ||
| Longford Castle Longford Castle Longford Castle is located on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.In 1573 Thomas Gorges, of Langford acquired the manor , which was originally owned by the Cervingtons. Prior to this the existing mansion house had been damaged by fire... |
Sham castle | Intact |  |
Earl of Radnor Earl of Radnor Earl of Radnor is a title which has been created two times. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. He was made Viscount Bodmin at the same time. Robartes was the son of Richard Robartes,... |
Remodelled 18th century. | |
| Ludgershall Castle Ludgershall, Wiltshire Ludgershall is a town and civil parish north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, at grid SU264509. The population was: 535 in 1831; 1,906 in 1951; and 3,775 in 2001. Ludgershall is now officially a town.-Historical features:... |
Ringwork | Fragmentary remains | Remains of a tower and extensive earthworks. | |||
| Old Sarum Castle Old Sarum Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, in England. The site contains evidence of human habitation as early as 3000 BC. Old Sarum is mentioned in some of the earliest records in the country... |
Motte and bailey | Fragmentary remains | On site of Iron Age Iron Age The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing... hill fort Hill fort A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some were used in the post-Roman period... . |
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| Old Wardour Castle | Castle | Ruins | Remodelled 16–17th centuries, superseded by Palladian building known as New Wardour Castle New Wardour Castle New Wardour Castle is an English country house at Wardour, near Tisbury in Wiltshire, built for the Arundell family. The house is of a Palladian style, designed by the architect James Paine with additional pieces from Giacomo Quarenghi, who was a principal architect of the Imperial Russian capital... . |
WorcestershireWorcestershireWorcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
Castles of which only earthworks remain include:
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| Caldwall Castle | Fortified manor house | Fragment | Private | Single surviving tower, in Kidderminster Kidderminster Kidderminster is a town, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. It is located approximately seventeen miles south-west of Birmingham city centre and approximately fifteen miles north of Worcester city centre. The 2001 census recorded a population of 55,182 in the town... , Caldwall or Caldwell. |
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| Hartlebury Castle Hartlebury Castle Hartlebury Castle, a Grade I listed building, in Worcestershire, central England, was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house on land given to the Bishop of Worcester by King Burgred of Mercia. It lies near Stourport town in north Worcestershire. The manor of Hartlebury... |
Fortified manor house | Rebuilt | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
15th century remains incorporated in later buildings, residence of Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Worcester The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury... until 2007, houses Worcestershire County Museum Worcestershire County Museum Worcestershire County Museum is a local museum at Hartlebury Castle in Hartlebury, Worcester, England, run by the Worcestershire County Museum Service, part of the Worcestershire County Council.... . |
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| Holt Castle | Castle | Intact |  |
Wedding venue | Medieval tower incorporated in later buildings. | |
| Worcester Castle Worcester Castle Worcester Castle was a Norman fortification built between 1068 and 1069 in Worcester, England by Urse d'Abetot on behalf of William the Conqueror. The castle had a motte-and-bailey design and was located on the south side of the old Anglo-Saxon city, cutting into the grounds of Worcester Cathedral... |
Castle | Fragment | Church of England Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Edgar Tower, now the entrance to College Green, may incorporate the remains of a castle gatehouse. |
See also
- List of castles
- List of historic houses in England
- Maps of castles in England by countyMaps of castles in England by countyThe castles displayed on each map are those listed in the List of castles in England for the corresponding county or area.Click on the red or green dot to display a detailed map showing the location of the castle...
- Abbeys and priories in EnglandAbbeys and priories in EnglandAbbeys and priories in England lists abbeys, priories, friaries and other monastic religious houses in England.-Article layout:The list is presented alphabetically by ceremonial county...
- Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
- Castles in the Isle of Man
- Castles in ScotlandCastles in ScotlandThis list of castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland.A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
- Castles in WalesCastles in WalesThis is a List of Castles in Wales, sometimes said to be "the castle capital of the world". Wales has about 400 castles, of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings...
- Castles in Northern IrelandCastles in Northern IrelandThe following is a partial list of castles in Northern Ireland:- County Antrim :* Antrim Castle * Ballycastle Castle* Ballygally Castle* Ballylough Castle* Belfast Castle* Carra Castle, ruins* Carrickfergus Castle, Restored Castle...
- British military historyBritish military historyThe Military history of Britain, including the military history of the United Kingdom and the military history of the island of Great Britain, is discussed in the following articles:...