Talk:List of castles in England/sandbox/option1
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This list of castles in England
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | County |
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Someries Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Brick, unfinished, ruined gatehouse and chapel survive.[1] | Bedfordshire |
Donnington Castle | Castle | c.1386 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Built by Richard Abberbury the Elder, destroyed in English Civil War, gatehouse survives.[2] | Berkshire |
Windsor Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Royal palace | Restored and extended by James Wyatt and Jeffry Wyattville, 1800–30.[3] | |
Boarstall Tower | Fortified manor house | c.1312 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Moated site, gatehouse survives, altered 16–17th centuries, converted to house 20th century.[4] | |
Buckden Palace | Fortified manor house | 13–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Claretian conference centre | Renamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with 19th century house.[5] | Cambridgeshire |
Elton Hall | Fortified manor house | c.1477 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Gatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662–1689, remodelled and extended 18–19th centuries.[6] | |
Kimbolton Castle | Castellated house | 17–18th century | Intact | ![]() |
School | Site of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by Sir John Vanbrugh 1707–10.[7] | |
Kirtling Tower | Fortified manor house | c.1530 | Fragment | ![]() |
NGS | 16th century gatehouse on supposed site of moated Saxon castle.[8] | |
Longthorpe Tower | Tower house | 1263–1300 | Intact | ![]() |
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Elaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings.[9] | |
Northborough Castle | Fortified manor house | 1330–40 | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse and hall survive, with 16–17th century alterations.[10] | |
Woodcroft Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1280 | Habitable fragment | ![]() |
Private | West range of original building survives, with alterations.[11] | |
Beeston Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Sited on crag high above Cheshire Plain, 19th century outer gatehouse.[12] | Cheshire |
Chester Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Agricola tower sole feature of medieval castle to survive 18th century fire.[13] | |
Cholmondeley Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1801–19 | Intact | ![]() |
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Transformed into castle by Smirke, 1817–19.[14] | |
Doddington Castle | Tower house | c.1403 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Also known as Delves Hall. Building At Risk.[15] | |
Halton Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
![]() Duchy of Lancaster |
Commanding position, 13th century tower, 18th century courthouse, folly of c.1800.[16] | |
Peckforton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1844–50 | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel | By Anthony Salvin, possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain.[17] | |
Auckland Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–16th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Mostly 16th century, fragments remain of medieval castle, residence of the Bishop of Durham.[18] | County Durham |
Barnard Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[19] | |
Bowes Castle | Keep | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Ruins of keep survive.[20] | |
Brancepeth Castle | Keep and bailey | 14–19th century | Reconstructed | ![]() |
Private | Substantial medieval portions including 5 towers incorporated in 19th century rebuilding.[21] | |
Durham Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
University College, Durham | Much altered during continuous occupation since c.1072.[22] | |
Lambton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1820–8 | Intact | Wedding venue / Earl of Durham | Later additions demolished following subsidence.[23] | ||
Lumley Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1392 | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel / Earl of Scarbrough | Altered c.1580 and 1721.[24] | |
Mortham Tower | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 15th century tower, formerly in Yorkshire.[25] | |
Raby Castle | Castle | 12–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Altered 18–19th centuries.[26] | |
Raby Old Lodge | Tower house | 16th century | Restored | Holiday accommodation | Probably built as a hunting lodge for the Neville family of Raby Castle.[27] | ||
Scargill Castle | Tower house | 13–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private, farm | Amongst farm buildings.[28] | |
Walworth Castle | Sham castle | c.1600 | Restored | ![]() |
Hotel | South-west tower and adjoining wall possibly medieval.[29] | |
Witton Castle | Castle | c.1410 | Restored | ![]() |
Caravan site | Extended 1790–5. Used as a leisure centre for a caravan site.[30] | |
Caerhays Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1807–10 | Intact | ![]() |
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Built 1808 by John Nash.[31] | |
Carn Brea Castle | Sham castle | 15–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Restaurant | Possible medieval hunting lodge rebuilt 18–19th centuries.[32] | |
Ince Castle | Semi-fortified house | c.1640 | Intact | ![]() |
NGS | House may have been held against the Roundheads in 1646.[33] | |
Launceston Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[34] | |
Pendennis Castle | Artillery fort | 1540–98 | Intact | ![]() |
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Withstood 5-month siege in 1646.[35] | |
Pengersick Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1510 | Fragment | ![]() |
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4-storey tower remains, with later building.[36] | |
Place House, Fowey | Tower house | 15–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | Original tower house defended against the French in 1475, subsequently strengthened, later rebuilt.[37] | |
Restormel Castle | Shell keep | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
[38] | ||
St Catherine's Castle | Artillery fort | 1538–40 | Ruins | ![]() |
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At mouth of River Fowey.[39] | |
St. Mawes Castle | Artillery fort | 1540–3 | Intact | ![]() |
Position not defensible from land attack.[40] | ||
St. Michael's Mount | Fortified site | 12–17th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Castle and priory church comprise single building.[41] | |
Tintagel Castle | Twin bailey | 1227–33 | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[42] | |
Trematon Castle | Shell keep | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Duchy of Cornwall | [43] | |
Appleby Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–17th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Restored 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.[44] | Cumbria |
Armathwaite Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated in later buildings.[45] | |
Arnside Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Freestanding tower house.[46] | |
Askerton Castle | Castle | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private, farm | Altered by Anthony Salvin.[47] | |
Beetham Hall | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Partly ruined | ![]() |
Private | [48] | |
Bewcastle Castle | Courtyard castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Sited within Roman fort.[49] | |
Bewley Castle | Fortified manor house | 13–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | Private | Once a residence of the Bishops of Carlisle.[50] | ||
Blencow Hall | Fortified house | 15–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Holiday accommodation | Altered 1590.[51] | |
Brackenburgh Old Tower | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Private | Adjoining large 19th century house.[52] | ||
Brackenhill Tower | Tower house | 1586 | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Restored 21st century.[53] | ||
Branthwaite Hall | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 17th century additions.[54] | |
Brough Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Restored 1659–62 by Lady Anne Clifford.[55] | |
Brougham Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Converted into country house in 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.[56] | |
Brougham Hall | Fortified manor house | 13–19th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Crafts centre | Ruins of 19th century house incorporating remains of earlier building.[57] | |
Broughton Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | School | Incorporated in later building.[58] | ||
Burneside Hall | Tower house | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | [59] | |
Carlisle Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Converted to barracks 19th century.[60] | |
Catterlen Hall | Tower house | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Later additions.[61] | |
Clifton Hall | Pele tower | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Used as a farm building until 1973.[62] | |
Cockermouth Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Partly restored | ![]() |
Private | 19th century additions.[63] | |
Corby Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | Concealed within a Georgian Mansion House.[64] | |
Dacre Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Restored 17th and 19th centuries.[65] | |
Dalston Hall | Fortified house | 15th century | Intact | Hotel | Later additions.[66] | ||
Dalton Castle | Pele tower | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled c.1704 and 1856.[67] | |
Drawdykes Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Intact | Private, farm | Original tower with early Classical Revival facade.[68] | ||
Drumburgh Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Private | Converted into farmhouse.[69] | |
Gleaston Castle | Enclosure castle | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Abandoned late 15th century.[70] | |
Greystoke Castle | Castle | 14–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Rebuilt incorporating parts of 14th century building, remodelled 1840 by Anthony Salvin.[71] | |
Harbybrow Tower | Pele tower | 15th century | Ruin | Private | Adjoining 19th century farmhouse.[72] | ||
Hayton Castle | Tower house | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Private | Castle converted to house.[73] | ||
Hazelslack Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Near Arnside.[74] | |
Howgill Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–18th century.[75] | ||
Hutton-in-the-Forest | Pele tower | 14–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Large country-house extensions.[76] | |
Hutton John | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Later alterations and additions.[77] | |
Ingmire Hall | Pele tower | 16–20th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private apartments | Incorporated in large mostly 19th century mansion.[78] | |
Isel Hall | Tower house | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Later additions.[79] | ||
Kendal Castle | Ringwork | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[80] | |
Kentmere Hall | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | [81] | |
Kirkandrews Tower | Pele tower | 16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | [82] | |
Linstock Castle | Tower house | 12–13th century | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–20th century.[83] | ||
Lowther Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1806–14 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Shell of 19th century castle by Smirke, on site of medieval hall.[84] | |
Middleton Hall | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Private | Altered and extended 15–19th centuries.[85] | |
Millom Castle | Castle | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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16–17th century farmhouse built into ruins.[86] | |
Muncaster Castle | Tower house | 13–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled by Anthony Salvin, home of Tom Fool, 16th century jester.[87] | |
Naworth Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue Earl of Carlisle |
Altered and restored 18th and 19th centuries.[88] | |
Newbiggin Hall | Fortified house | 15–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Remodelled by Anthony Salvin.[89] | |
Pendragon Castle | Tower house | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[90] | |
Penrith Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
[91] | ||
Piel Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Also known as Fouldrey Castle.[92] | |
Prior's Tower, Carlisle | Pele tower | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Church of England | Part of the Deanery, alongside later buildings.[93] | |
Rose Castle | Quadrangular Castle | 15–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Church of England | Converted to private house 17th century, residence of the Bishop of Carlisle until 2011.[94] | |
Scaleby Castle | Tower house | 13–15th century | Partly ruined | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated with later house.[95] | |
Sizergh Castle | Tower house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Altered 18–20th centuries.[96] | |
Toppin Castle | Sham castle | 19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Imitation tower house.[97] | |
Ubarrow Hall | Pele tower | Medieval | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Alongside later building, reduced in height.[98] | |
Wharton Hall | Fortified manor house | 14–17th century | Partly restored | ![]() |
Private | [99] | |
Whitehall, Mealsgate | Tower house | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Holiday accommodation | Alterations by Anthony Salvin.[100] | ||
Workington Hall | Tower house | 14–18th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Local authority | Also known as Curwen Hall.[101] | |
Wray Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1840–7 | Intact | ![]() |
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[102] | |
Wraysholme Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private, farm | Used as barn and cow-house, adjoining 19th century house.[103] | |
Yanwath Hall | Pele tower | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Adjoining later building.[104] | |
Bolsover Castle | Castle | 12–17th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Castle rebuilt as 17th century mansion.[105] | Derbyshire |
Codnor Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[106] | |
Elvaston Castle | Castellated house | 17–19th century | Derelict | ![]() |
Derbyshire County Council | Built 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt in 19th century, now within country park. Building At Risk.[107] | |
Haddon Hall | Fortified manor house | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Altered 16–17th centuries, restored 1920s.[108] | |
Mackworth Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Ruined gatehouse adjoining farm.[109] | |
Peveril Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Commanding position above ravine.[110] | |
Riber Castle | Sham castle | 1868 | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | School 1892–1930.[111] | |
Wingfield Manor | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Abandoned 18th century.[112] | |
Affeton Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War, with 19th century alterations.[113] | Devon |
Berry Pomeroy Castle | Enclosure castle | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Very late castle, designed to defend against artillery.[114] | |
Bickleigh Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Incorporated in later buildings.[115] | |
Compton Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century.[116] | |
Dartmouth Castle | Castle | 1481 | Restored | ![]() |
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Converted to artillery castle 1509–47.[117] | |
Castle Drogo | Neo-romantic castle | 1911–1930 | Intact | ![]() |
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By Edwin Lutyens.[118] | |
Gidleigh Castle | Keep | c.1300 | Ruins | ![]() |
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[119] | |
Hemyock Castle | Enclosure castle | c.1380 | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | [120] | |
Kingswear Castle | Artillery fort | 1491–1502 | Intact | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | [121] | |
Lydford Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[122] | |
Marisco Castle | Keep and bailey | c.1243 | Restored | ![]() |
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Restored 1643.[123] | |
Okehampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[124] | |
Plympton Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[125] | |
Powderham Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
![]() Earl of Devon |
Remodelled 18th and 19th centuries.[126] | |
Rougemont Castle (Exeter) | Castle | 11–12th century | Fragments | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Medieval fragments survive with later buildings.[127] | |
Salcombe Castle | Artillery fort | 1540s | Ruins | ![]() |
Refortified 1643–5.[128] | ||
Tiverton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Partly habitable | ![]() |
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16th century house built within castle.[129] | |
Totnes Castle | Shell keep | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Well-preserved keep on high motte.[130] | ||
Watermouth Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1825–45 | Intact | ![]() |
Theme park | [131] | |
Brownsea Castle | Castellated house | 16–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Incorporates part of 16th century Henrician Castle.[132] | Dorset |
Christchurch Castle | Motte and bailey | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Hall known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney.[133] | |
Corfe Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Extensive ruins | ![]() |
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Besieged and slighted during the English Civil War.[134] | |
Lulworth Castle | Sham castle | c.1610 | Restored | ![]() |
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Hunting lodge, gutted by fire 1929.[135] | |
Pennsylvania Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1800 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | On the Isle of Portland, built for John Penn to designs by James Wyatt.[136] | |
Portland Castle | Artillery fort | 1539 | Intact | ![]() |
Private residence 1816–70.[137] | ||
Rufus Castle | Castle | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Also known as Bow and Arrow Castle.[138] | |
Sherborne Old Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Replaced by 16–17th house which became known as Sherborne Castle.[139] | |
Woodsford Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | [140] |
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Paull Holme Tower | Tower House | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Originally part of larger house, roofless.[142] |
Skipsea Castle | Motte and Bailey | 11th century | Earthworks | ![]() |
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Well-preserved earthworks.[143] |
Wressle Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1390 | Ruins | ![]() |
Private, farm | South range remains, inhabited until gutted by fire in 1796.[144] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Bodiam Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1385 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Wide moat.[145] |
Camber Castle | Artillery fort | c.1540 | Ruins | ![]() |
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"Dismantled" 1642 after sea receded.[146] |
Hastings Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Ruined by 1399.[147] |
Herstmonceux Castle | Fortified mansion | 15th century | Restored | Queen's University | Brick, interior dismantled 1777, restored 20th century, former home of Royal Greenwich Observatory, now Study Centre.[148] | |
Lewes Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Unusual in having two mottes[149] | |
Pevensey Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Castle built within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore.[150] |
Rye Castle (Ypres Tower) | Tower House | c.1250 | Intact | ![]() |
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Originally called Baddings Tower.[151] |
Castles of which only earthworks remain include:[141]
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Pleshey Castle is a good example of a motte-and-bailey castle: only earthworks and a medieval brick bridge remain.[152]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Colchester Castle | Tower keep | 11th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Reduced in height in 17th century.[153] |
Hadleigh Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[154] |
Hedingham Castle | Tower keep | 1130–40 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Castle demolished 17th century except for keep, well-preserved interior despite fire of 1954.[155] |
Walden Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Remains of keep.[156] |
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Berkeley Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Largely unaltered until 1920s, when interior modernised by 8th Earl of Berkeley.[157] |
Beverstone Castle | Pentagonal castle | 13–15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
NGS | 17th century house built within ruins.[158] |
St. Briavel's Castle | Keep and bailey | 13th century | Habitable | ![]() |
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Youth hostel.[159] |
Sudeley Castle | Quadrangular castle | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Restored as country house 19th century.[160] |
Thornbury Castle | Fortified house | c.1511 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Hotel | Restored 19th century.[161] |
Castles of which no traces remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Tower of London | Concentric castle | 11–13th century | Intact | ![]() |
Historic Royal Palaces | White Tower built c.1077–1100, curtain walls added 13th century, working portcullis.[162] |
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Radcliffe Tower | Tower house | 1403 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Ruinous tower formerly incorporated in timber house.[163] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Calshot Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Altered 18–20th centuries, in use until 1961.[164] |
Hurst Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Repaired and refortified 19th century.[165] |
Netley Castle | Artillery fort | 16–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Convalescent home | Remodelled and extended 1885–90.[166] |
Odiham Castle | Shell keep and bailey | Early 13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Built by King John.[167] |
Portchester Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–12th century | Extensive ruins | ![]() |
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Built within surviving walls of Roman fort of the Saxon Shore.[168] |
Southampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragments | ![]() |
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North bailey wall survives.[169] |
Southsea Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Rebuilt | ![]() Local authority |
Altered several times.[170] | |
Winchester Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragment | ![]() Local authority |
Great hall survives, reroofed in 1873.[171] | |
Wolvesey Castle | Castle | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[172] |
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:[141]
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Ewyas Harold Castle is recorded in the Domesday Book and was probably built c.1048.[173]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Brampton Bryan Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Ruins | Private | Gatehouse survives.[174] | |
Clifford Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragments | ![]() |
Private | Building At Risk.[175] |
Croft Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Converted to 16/17th century house.[176] |
Downton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1774–8 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Altered and extended 1860–70.[177] |
Eastnor Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1811–20 | Intact | ![]() |
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By Robert Smirke.[178] |
Goodrich Castle | Concentric castle | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Partly demolished during English Civil War.[179] |
Hampton Court | Fortified manor house | 1427 | Intact | ![]() |
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Remodelled in 1830–40s.[180] |
Kentchurch Court | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Medieval tower and gateway survive, remainder largely rebuilt by Nash 1795–1807.[181] | |
Kinnersley Castle | Castle | Medieval | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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16–17th century house on site of medieval castle.[182] |
Longtown Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Circular keep.[183] |
Pembridge Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Partly habitable | ![]() |
Private | Reconstructed 20th century.[184] |
Snodhill Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[185] |
Treago Castle | Fortified manor house | 15–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Altered 17–19th centuries.[186] |
Wigmore Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Partly dismantled 1643.[187] |
Wilton Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Remains incorporated in 19th century house.[188] |
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Berkhamsted Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Unoccupied since 1495.[189] |
Hertford Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–12th century | Fragments | ![]() |
Local authority | 15th century gatehouse survives, altered and extended 18–20th centuries.[190] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Carisbrooke Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Refortified in 1590s as artillery fortress, former seat of the Governor of the Isle of Wight.[191] |
Norris Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1800 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Gothic Revival, by James Wyatt.[192] |
Yarmouth Castle | Artillery fort | 1547 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Altered 17th century.[193] | |
West Cowes Castle | Artillery fort | 16–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Royal Yacht Squadron | Fragments of 16th century structure incorporated in later building.[194] |
Castles of which only vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Cromwell's Castle | Artillery tower | 1651 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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[195] |
Star Castle | Artillery fort | 1593 | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel | Important and complete example of Elizabethan fort.[196] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Allington Castle | Fortified house | 13–14th century | Restored | Wedding venue | Restored 1905–1929.[197] | |
Canterbury Castle | Tower keep | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
![]() Local Authority |
Demolished 1792.[198] |
Chiddingstone Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 19th century | Intact | ![]() |
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17th century building converted to castle in 19th century.[199] |
Chilham Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
NGS | Keep survives with Jacobean house.[200] |
Cooling Castle | Keep and bailey | 1380s | Part ruined | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Well-preserved gatehouse survives, barns used for events.[201] |
Deal Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Formerly residence of Captain of the Cinque Ports.[202] |
Dover Castle | Concentric castle | 12–13th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Adapted for modern warfare 18–19th centuries.[203] |
Eynsford Castle | Castle | 12th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[204] |
Hever Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Restored early 19th century, working portcullis.[205] | |
Kingsgate Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 18–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private apartments | Built c.1760, rebuilt late 19th century.[206] |
Leeds Castle | Castle | 12–15th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Extensively rebuilt in 1822 and 1926.[207] |
Leybourne Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private | 16th century house partly incorporating ruins, rebuilt 1931.[208] |
Lullingstone Castle | Semi-fortified house | 1543–80 | Fragment | ![]() |
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16th century gatehouse incorporated into later house.[209] |
Lympne Castle | Fortified house | 13–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Restored and extended 1907–12.[210] |
Penshurst Place | Fortified manor house | 14–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Remodelled 19th century, single tower and stretch of wall survive from fortifications of c.1400.[211] |
Rochester Castle | Tower keep | 1127 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Keep 125 ft (38 m) high to top of turrets.[212][213] |
St Leonard's Tower, West Malling | Tower keep | 1080 | Ruins | ![]() |
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[214] |
Saltwood Castle | Castle | 12–14th century | Part restored | ![]() |
Private | [215] |
Sandgate Castle | Artillery fort | 1539–40 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Altered 1805–6.[216] |
Scotney Castle | Fortified manor house | 1378–80 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Single surviving tower incorporated in later house.[217] |
Sissinghurst Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
No fortifications remaining.[218] | |
Starkey Castle | Manor house | 14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Fine medieval hall-house remains from possibly fortified manor house.[219] |
Stone Castle | Tower | 12th century | Intact | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Medieval tower incorporated in building of 1825.[220] |
Sutton Valence Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[221] |
Tonbridge Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragment | ![]() Local authority |
Gatehouse survives.[222] | |
Upnor Castle | Artillery fort | 1559–67, 1599–1601 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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[223] |
Walmer Castle | Artillery fort | 1539 | Intact | ![]() |
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Residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 18th century.[224] |
Westenhanger Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1343 | Fragment | ![]() |
Wedding venue | 18th century farmouse built within ruins.[225] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Ashton Hall | Tower house | 14–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Lancaster Golf Club | Near Stodday, 14th century tower incorporated in later building.[226] |
Borwick Hall | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Outdoor education centre | Incorporated in mainly 16th century building.[227] |
Clitheroe Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[228] |
Hornby Castle | Keep | 13th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Keep rebuilt early 16th century, incorporated in 18–19th century house.[229] |
Lancaster Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–12th century | Intact | ![]() Local authority |
Prison from 1745, 20th century Shire Hall replaced medieval buildings, now Crown Court.[230] | |
Thurland Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private apartments | Near Tunstall, ruins rebuilt in 19th century.[231] |
Turton Tower | Pele tower | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Incorporated in later building.[232] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Ashby de la Zouch Castle | Keep | 12–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Fortified manor converted to castle in 1474, slighted during English Civil War.[233] | |
Belvoir Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 17–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
![]() Duke of Rutland |
Rebuilt 1655–68 incorporating fragments of medieval castle, remodelled 1801–30.[234] |
Kirby Muxloe Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1480–3 | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Unfinished.[235] |
Leicester Castle | Castle | 12–13th century | Fragments | ![]() |
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Great hall survives, much altered.[236] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Goltho Castle was built on the site of a Saxon fortified dwelling of c.850, established by excavation.[237]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bolingbroke Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Slighted after brief siege in 1643.[238] |
Grimsthorpe Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Remodelled in 18th and 19th centuries, retains 13th century south-east tower.[239] |
Hussey Tower | Tower house | 14–15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[240] |
Kyme Tower | Castle | 14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | [241] |
Lincoln Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
![]() Local Authority |
Double motte and bailey.[242] |
Rochford Tower | Fortified house | 15–16th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | 2 miles east of Boston.[243] |
Somerton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1281–1305 | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Single tower survives, adjoining 17th century building.[244] |
Tattershall Castle | Tower | 1430s | Intact | ![]() |
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Brick tower built for Ralph Cromwell, restored 1911-25 by Lord Curzon.[245] |
Torksey Castle | Semi-fortified house | 16th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private | Slighted during English Civil War.[246] |
Castles of which no traces remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brimstage Hall | Tower house | c.1398 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Crafts centre | Tower incorporated in later building of 16th and 19th centuries.[247] |
Leasowe Castle | Sham castle | 16–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel | Built 1593, extended 1600–42 and 19th century.[248] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
The surviving motte of Thetford Castle is one of the highest in England,[249] about 80 ft (24 m) high.[250]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Baconsthorpe Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[251] |
Burgh Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | No visible remains | ![]() |
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Site of medieval motte and bailey castle within surviving walls of Roman fort of Saxon Shore.[252] |
Caister Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1432–46 | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Moated, largely brick, built by John Fastolf, a relatively intact 90 ft (27 m) tower remains.[253] |
Castle Acre Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Extensive earthworks.[254] |
Castle Rising Castle | Keep | c.1138 | Ruins | ![]() |
[255] | |
Claxton Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private | [256] |
Norwich Castle | Keep | c.1095–1110 | Intact | ![]() |
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Prison during 18–19th centuries.[257] |
Oxburgh Hall | Fortified manor house | c.1482 | Intact | ![]() |
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18th and 19th century additions.[258] |
Weeting Castle | Fortified manor house | 12th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[259] |
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:[141]
|
Fotheringhay Castle was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.[260]
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astwell Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private, farm | Gatehouse survives alongside 17th century house.[261] |
Barnwell Castle | Rectangular castle | c.1266 | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | [262] |
Rockingham Castle | Motte and bailey | 13–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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13th century gatehouse survives, largely rebuilt 16th century, remodelled 1660 and by Anthony Salvin in 19th century.[263] |
Thorpe Waterville Castle | Castle | 14th century | Fragment | Private | Great hall with fine open roof survives, altered for use as a barn.[264] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alnham Vicars Pele | Pele tower | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | [265] |
Alnwick Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
![]() Duke of Northumberland |
Remodelled by Robert Adam and Anthony Salvin.[266] |
Aydon Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Converted to farmhouse 17th century.[267] |
Bamburgh Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
![]() Lord Armstrong |
Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored 1894–1904.[268] |
Barmoor Castle | Tower house | 14–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | 19th century mansion incorporating remains of 14th century building.[269] |
Beaufront Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1836–1841 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 19th century mansion on site of 15th century tower house.[270] |
Bellister Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Ruins adjoining 17th century house.[271] |
Belsay Castle | Tower house | 1439–60 | Intact | ![]() |
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Later ruined building attached.[272] |
Berwick Castle | Castle | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[273] |
Bitchfield Castle | Pele tower | 14th century | Restored | Private | Incorporated in later mansion.[274] | |
Blenkinsop Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated in 19th century house.[275] |
Bothal Castle | Castle | 14th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | Extensively restored 19th century.[276] |
Bywell Castle | Castle | 15th century | Fragments | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse survives.[277] |
Callaly Castle | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private apartments | Incorporated in later country house.[278] |
Cartington Castle | Pele tower and extensions | 14–15th century | Fragmentary remains | Private | [279] | |
Chillingham Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1344 | Intact | ![]() |
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Altered 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982.[280] |
Chipchase Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Incorporated in Jacobean house, altered 18–19th centuries.[281] |
Cocklaw Tower | Tower house | 14–15th century | Shell | ![]() |
Private, farm | Near Wall.[282] |
Cockle Park Tower | Tower house | c.1517 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Newcastle University | [283] |
Corbridge Vicar's Pele | Pele tower | 1318 | Intact | ![]() |
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Re-roofed 1910.[284] |
Coupland Castle | Tower house | 16–17th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Later additions.[285] |
Craster Tower | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Incorporated in later building.[286] | |
Crawley Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | A cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century.[287] |
Cresswell Castle | Pele tower | 15th century | Ruin | ![]() |
18th century parapet.[288] | |
Dilston Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Altered 16–17th century, later buildings demolished.[289] |
Dunstanburgh Castle | Keep and bailey | 14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Spectacular coastal setting.[290] |
Edlingham Castle | Keep and bailey | 14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[291] |
Elsdon Tower | Pele tower | 16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Altered, rectory until 1960, restored 1990s.[292] |
Embleton Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 19th century vicarage attached.[293] |
Etal Castle | Castle | 14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[294] |
Featherstone Castle | Castle | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 14th century tower, three further towers added 18–19th century.[295] |
Ford Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Converted into mansion 17th century.[296] |
Halton Castle | Tower house | 13–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Attached to later house.[297] |
Harbottle Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
![]() Northumberland National Park |
Captured by Robert Bruce in 1318.[298] |
Haughton Castle | Tower house | 13–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Altered 18–19th centuries.[299] |
Hexham Moot Hall and Old Gaol | Fortified towers | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Probably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has "Turris de Hexham".[300][301] |
Horsley Tower, Longhorsley | Pele tower | 16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | [302] |
Langley Castle | Tower house | c.1350 | Restored | ![]() |
Hotel | Restored 1890s.[303] |
Lemmington Hall | Tower house | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Incorporated in later house.[304] |
Lindisfarne Castle | Artillery fort | 16th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled by Edwin Lutyens 1901.[305] |
Mitford Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[306] |
Morpeth Castle | Castle | 1342–9 | Fragments | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | Only gatehouse and a section of wall remain.[307] |
Norham Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Keep remodelled 1422–5, partly rebuilt 1513–15.[308] |
Preston Tower, Ellingham | Pele tower | c.1400 | Fragment | ![]() |
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South wall remains, with two of the original four turrets.[309] |
Prior Castell's Tower | Tower house | 15–16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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[310] |
Prudhoe Castle | Castle | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[311] |
Shilbottle Tower | Pele tower | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated into a vicarage.[312] |
Shortflatt Tower | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Restored | Wedding venue | Incorporated in later house.[313] | |
Thirlwall Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
![]() Northumberland National Park |
Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall.[314] |
Warkworth Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[315] |
Whittingham Tower | Pele tower | 13–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Converted for use as almshouses in 1845.[316] |
Whitton Tower | Pele tower | c.1386 | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Near Rothbury, well-preserved.[317] | |
Willimoteswick Castle | Fortified manor house | 16th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private, farm | Incorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt 1900.[318] |
Castles of which little remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Ayton Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
![]() Local authority |
[319] |
Barden Tower | Castle | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[320] |
Bolton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Besieged and slighted during English Civil War.[321] | |
Cawood Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1374–88 | Fragments | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | Largely demolished 1750, gatehouse survives.[322] |
Clifford's Tower | Keep | 13th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Reduced in height 1596.[323] |
Crayke Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored | Private | 18th and 19th century additions and alterations.[324] | |
Danby Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private, farm | Partly used as farm buildings.[325] |
Gilling Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Intact | St. Martin's Ampleforth School | 16th and 18th century additions and alterations.[326] | |
Hazlewood Castle | Castle | 13–18th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Hotel | Altered 18th and 20th centuries, formerly Carmelite retreat centre.[327] |
Hellifield Peel | Tower house | 14–15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Hotel | Restored 2005.[328] |
Helmsley Castle | Castle | 12–13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Severely slighted 1645.[329] |
Hornby Castle | Courtyard castle | 14–15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Converted to country house by John Carr, 18th century.[330] |
Knaresborough Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
![]() Duchy of Lancaster |
[331] |
Marmion Tower | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Surviving gatehouse of Tanfield Castle.[332] |
Middleham Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[333] |
(Old) Mulgrave Castle | Enclosure castle | 12–13th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
![]() Marquess of Normanby |
Superseded by 18–19th century castellated mansion also known as Mulgrave Castle.[334] |
Nappa Hall | Fortified manor house | 1459 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Enlarged 17th century, little altered since.[335] |
Pickering Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[336] |
Ravensworth Castle | Castle | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | [337] |
Richmond Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Keep 100 ft (30 m) high.[338] |
Ripley Castle | Tower house | 15–16th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Extended 1783–6 in Gothic Revival style.[339] |
Scarborough Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[340] |
Sheriff Hutton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1382 | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
Private | [341] |
Skelton Castle | Castellated house | 13–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 18–19th century house incorporates remains of medieval castle.[342] |
Skipton Castle | Castle | 12–17th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Partly demolished 1649, rebuilt 1657–8.[343] |
Snape Castle | Castle | 15–18th century | Partly ruined | ![]() |
Private | Mostly reconstructed 17th century.[344] |
South Cowton Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Altered 19th century, farmhouse.[345] |
Spofforth Castle | Fortified manor house | 13–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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[346] |
Whorlton Castle | Castle | 14–16th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Remains of gatehouse.[347] |
Wilton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1810 | Intact | ![]() |
Private apartments | By Smirke on site of medieval castle.[348] |
Castles of which little remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Halloughton Manor House | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | Private | Attached to later building.[349] | |
Newark Castle | Castle | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Gatehouse, part of curtain wall and a tower remain.[350] |
Nottingham Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
![]() Nottingham City Council |
Demolished 1651, later mansion on site, much restored 14th century gatehouse remains.[351] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Bampton Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1315 | Fragment | Private | Parts of gatehouse and curtain wall survive in later house, Ham Court.[352] | |
Broughton Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Remodelled 15–18th centuries.[353] |
Hanwell Castle | Castellated house | 15–16th century | Fragment | Private | Large surviving tower of unfortified building.[354] | |
Oxford Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–12th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Hotel | Motte and the unusual, possibly Saxon, St. George's Tower.[355] |
Rotherfield Greys Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Towers and section of wall survive, close to Greys Court.[356] |
Shirburn Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1378 | Rebuilt | Private | Originally stone, largely rebuilt in brick c.1720, remodelled 19th century.[357] | |
Wallingford Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Slighted 1652, impressive earthworks remain.[358] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Oakham Castle | Motte and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Aisled great hall built 1180–1190 survives.[359] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Acton Burnell Castle | Fortified manor house | 13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Shell, used as a barn in the 18th century.[360] |
Alberbury Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[361] |
Bridgnorth Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Slighted 1645.[362] | |
Broncroft Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Renovated 19th century.[363] |
Cheney Longville Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–17th century | Part habitable | Private | Building At Risk.[364] | |
Clun Castle | Keep and bailey | 13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Ruins of keep built onto side of motte.[365] |
Hopton Castle | Keep and bailey | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[366] |
Ludlow Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
![]() Earl of Powis |
One of the great Welsh border castles.[367] |
Moreton Corbet Castle | Keep | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Adjoining ruins of 16th century building.[368] |
Quatford Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1830 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Nearby are earthwork remains of the medieval Quatford Castle.[369] |
Red Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary remains. | ![]() |
Adapted as feature of Hawkstone Park, 18th century landscape garden. Building At Risk.[370] | |
Rowton Castle | Sham castle | 18–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel | On site of medieval castle, remodelled 1809–12 by George Wyatt.[371] |
Shrewsbury Castle | Castle | 12th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
![]() Shropshire Council |
Restored and extended 1642, altered c.1790 by Telford.[372] |
Stokesay Castle | Fortified manor house | 13–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Restored 19th century.[373] |
Wattlesborough Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Near Rowton, keep/tower survives, adjoining Wattlesborough Hall.[374] |
Whittington Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragments | ![]() |
![]() Local community |
Gatehouse towers survive.[375] |
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Banwell Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1848 | Intact | ![]() |
Restaurant | Architect not known.[376] |
Beckington Castle | 17th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Company HQ | Medieval remains incorporated in later building.[377] | |
Dunster Castle | Castle | 13–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Existing house dates largely from c.1571, with 18–19th century alterations.[378] |
Farleigh Hungerford Castle | Enclosure castle | 14–15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
On high ground above the River Frome.[379] | |
Newton St Loe Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Bath Spa University | Large tower and gatehouse, altered 16–17th century.[380] |
Nunney Castle | Quadrangular castle | 1373 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Towers originally had conical roofs, north wall collapsed 1910.[381] |
Stogursey Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | 17th century house built within remains of castle.[382] |
Sutton Court | Fortified manor house | 14–15th century | Fragment | Private apartments | Short length of embattled wall and a tower survive, incorporated in large house, restored 19th century.[383] | |
Taunton Castle | Shell keep | 13th century | Restored | ![]() |
Now houses Somerset County Museum, Castle Hotel incorporates remains of an outer gatehouse.[384] | |
Walton Castle | Sham castle | 1615–20 | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Restored as private house 20th century.[385] |
Wells Bishop's Palace | Fortified palace | 13–15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Adjacent to cathedral, residence of the Bishop of Bath and Wells.[386] |
Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Conisbrough Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Cylindrical keep, castle ruinous before English Civil War, so escaped slighting.[387] |
Tickhill Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Ruined gatehouse and parts of curtain walls remain.[388] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Alton Castle | Castle | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Youth centre | Cliff-top position, site partly occupied by 19th century building.[389] |
Caverswall Castle | Enclosure castle | c.1275 | Substantially intact | Private | Moated, walls and towers reduced in height, 17th century mansion built within.[390] | |
Chartley Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Altered in 13th century to form enclosure castle, abandoned by 1485.[391] |
Eccleshall Castle | Castle | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | Private | Remains partly incorporated into house of c.1695, rebuilt 19th century.[392] | |
Stafford Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–12th century | Earthworks | ![]() |
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Medieval keep partly rebuilt 19th century, then partly demolished.[393] |
Stourton Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Remains incorporated in later buildings.[394] |
Tamworth Castle | Shell keep | 11–13th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Largely rebuilt 16–18th centuries.[395] |
Tutbury Castle | Motte and bailey | 12–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Slighted 1647–8, 19th century folly stands on motte.[396] |
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Bungay Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Abandoned c.1365.[397] |
Clare Castle | Motte and bailey | 11th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Motte 53 ft (16 m) high.[398] |
Eye Castle | Motte and bailey | 11th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Motte over 40 ft (12 m) high.[399] |
Framlingham Castle | Enclosure castle | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Used as poor house 17–19th centuries.[400] |
Mettingham Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1342 | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse survives.[401] |
Orford Castle | Keep | 1165–73 | Intact | ![]() |
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Unique polygonal keep survives.[402] |
Wingfield Castle | Castle | c.1385 | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | South curtain wall, gatehouse and east drawbridge survive, with 16–17th century house.[403] |
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Farnham Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Shell keep replaced earlier keep part buried, part remodelled 17th century.[404] |
Guildford Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Tower keep survives, roofless since c.17th century.[405] |
Castles of which little remains include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Hylton Castle | Tower house | c.1400 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Large gatehouse tower, incorporated into 18th century house, since demolished.[406] |
Newcastle Castle | Keep and bailey | 1172–77 | Restored | ![]() |
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Keep and gatehouse survive.[407] |
Old Hollinside | Fortified manor house | 13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
On slope overlooking River Derwent.[408] | |
Ravensworth Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14–19th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Two towers of medieval castle survive, amidst ruins of later building. Building At Risk.[409] |
Tynemouth Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Built to enclose and protect the priory, modified as artillery castle 16th century.[410] |
Castles of which only earthworks or vestiges remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Astley Castle | Fortified manor house | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | Altered 15–19th centuries, hotel until fire in 1978. Building At Risk.[411] |
Kenilworth Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Altered 16th century, slighted 1650.[412] |
Maxstoke Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
NGS | Moated, domestic buildings of 15–19th centuries within curtain walls.[413] |
Warwick Castle | Castle | 13–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Guy's tower rises 128 ft (39 m), 17th century residential block, remodelled by Anthony Salvin after fire.[414] |
Castles of which little or no traces remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Dudley Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Slighted in 1647, then rebuilt and inhabited until destroyed by fire in 1750, partly restored 19th century.[415] |
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:[141]
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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Amberley Castle | Castle | 1377–82 | Partly habitable | ![]() |
Hotel | Remodelled 16th century and later, incorporates 12th century manor, working portcullis.[416] |
Arundel Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Heavily restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled 1791–1815 and 1890–1903.[417] |
Bramber Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Commanding position, earthworks and fragment of wall remain.[418] |
Halnaker House | Fortified manor house | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Altered 18th century, fell into ruin 1880s, replaced by later house of same name.[419] |
Castles of which only earthworks or no traces remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Dobroyd Castle | Sham Castle | 1866–9 | Intact | ![]() |
Activity centre | By John Gibson.[420] |
Harewood Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruins | Private | Shell of tower, substantially intact, within Harewood House estate.[421] | |
Pontefract Castle | Enclosure castle | 12–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Royal castle, withstood three sieges during English Civil War, afterwards dismantled.[422] |
Sandal Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Well-preserved earthworks, excavated site with visitor centre.[423] |
Castles of which only little or no traces remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
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Devizes Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private apartments | Present building begun 1842 on site of important medieval castle.[424] |
Longford Castle | Sham castle | 1591 | Intact | ![]() |
Earl of Radnor | Remodelled 18th century.[425] |
Ludgershall Castle | Ringwork | 11–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Remains of a tower and extensive earthworks.[426] |
Old Sarum Castle | Motte and bailey | 11–13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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On site of Iron Age hill fort.[427] |
Old Wardour Castle | Castle | c.1393 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Remodelled 16–17th centuries, superseded by Palladian building known as New Wardour Castle.[428] |
Castles of which only earthworks remain include:[141]
|
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caldwall Castle | Fortified manor house | 15–16th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Single surviving tower, in Kidderminster, Caldwall or Caldwell.[429] |
Hartlebury Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
![]() Church of England |
15th century remains incorporated in later buildings, residence of Bishop of Worcester until 2007, houses Worcestershire County Museum.[430] |
Holt Castle | Castle | 14–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Medieval tower incorporated in later buildings.[431] |
Worcester Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Church of England | Edgar Tower, now entrance to College Green, probably castle gatehouse.[432] |
Key[edit]
Key | |
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Accessible open space |
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Castle open to the public |
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English Heritage |
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Historic House open to the public |
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Museum |
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National Trust |
NGS | Private, grounds open under the National Gardens Scheme |
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 |
Ownership /Access |
Brief information relating to the current ownership or use of the site, an icon signifying that the site is frequently open to the public |
Notes | Brief description or information of note |
See also[edit]
- List of castles
- List of historic houses in England
- Maps of castles in England by county
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
- Castles in the Isle of Man
- Castles in Scotland
- Castles in Wales
- Castles in Northern Ireland
- British military history
References[edit]
Key | |
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BLB | britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |
PSC | Pastscape |
R1 | Retrieved March 8, 2011 |
R2 | Retrieved June 4, 2011 |
R3 | Retrieved June 14, 2011 |
R4 | Retrieved June 15, 2011 |
R5 | Retrieved July 10, 2011 |
R6 | September 8, 2011 |
R7 | Retrieved September 10, 2011 |
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- ^ "Kimbolton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Kirtling Tower" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Longthorpe Tower" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Northborough Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Woodcroft Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Beeston Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Chester Castle" PSC. R3.
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- ^ "Lambton Castle" PSC. R7.
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- ^ "Lambton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Scargill Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Walworth Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Witton Castle" PSC. R3.
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- ^ "Tintagel Castle" PSC. R3.
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- ^ "Beetham Hall" PSC. R7.
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- ^ "Brackenhill Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Branthwaite Hall" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Brough Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Brougham Castle" PSC. R2.
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- ^ "Broughton Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Burneside Hall" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Carlisle Castle" PSC. R2.
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- ^ "Drawdykes Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Drumburgh Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Gleaston Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Greystoke Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Harbybrow Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hayton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hazelslack Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Howgill Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hutton-in-the-Forest" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Hutton John" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Ingmire Hall" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Isel Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Kendal Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Kentmere Hall" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Kirkandrews Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Linstock Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Lowther Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Middleton Hall" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Millom Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Muncaster Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Naworth Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Newbiggin Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Pendragon Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Penrith Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Piel Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Prior's Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Rose Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Scaleby Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Sizergh Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Toppin Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Ubarrow Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Wharton Hall" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Whitehall, Allhallows" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Workington Hall" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Wray Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Wraysholme Tower" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Yanwath Hall" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Bolsover Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Codnor Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Elvaston Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Haddon Hall" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Mackworth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Peveril Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Riber Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Wingfield Manor" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Affeton Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Berry Pomeroy Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bickleigh Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Compton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Dartmouth Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Castle Drogo" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Gidleigh Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hemyock Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Kingswear Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Lydford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Marisco Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Okehampton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Plympton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Powderham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Rougemont Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Salcombe Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Tiverton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Totnes Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Watermouth Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Brownsea Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Christchurch Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Corfe Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Lulworth Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Portland Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Rufus Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Sherborne Old Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Woodsford Castle" PSC. R4.
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- ^ "Skipsea Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Wressle Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Bodiam Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Camber Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hastings Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Herstmonceux Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Lewes Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Pevensey Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Ypres Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Pleshey Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Colchester Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hadleigh Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hedingham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Walden Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Berkeley Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Beverstone Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "St. Briavel's Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Sudeley Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Thornbury Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "White Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Radcliffe Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Calshot Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hurst Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Netley Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Odiham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Southsea Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Winchester Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Wolvesey Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Ewyas Harold Castle" PSC. R6.
- ^ "Brampton Bryan Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Clifford Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Croft Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Downton Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Eastnor Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Goodrich Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Hampton Court" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Kentchurch Court" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Kinnersley Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Longtown Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Pembridge Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Snodhill Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Treago Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Wigmore Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Wilton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Berkhamsted Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hertford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Carisbrooke Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Norris Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Yarmouth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "West Cowes Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Cromwell's Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Star Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Allington Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Canterbury Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Chiddingstone Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Chilham Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Cooling Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Deal Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Dover Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Eynsford Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Hever Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Kingsgate Castle" BLB. R6.
- ^ "Leeds Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Leybourne Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Lullingstone Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Lympne Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Penshurst Place" BLB. R6.
- ^ Brown (1962), p.69.
- ^ "Rochester Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "St. Leonard's Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Saltwood Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Sandgate Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Scotney Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Sissinghurst Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Starkey Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Stone Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Sutton Valence Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Tonbridge Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Upnor Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Walmer Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Westenhanger Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Ashton Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Borwick Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Clitheroe Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hornby Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Lancaster Castle" PSC. R3.
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- ^ "Bolingbroke Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Grimsthorpe Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hussey Tower" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Kyme Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Lincoln Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Rochford Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Somerton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Tattershall Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Torksey Castle" PSC. R4.
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- ^ Brown (1962), p.59.
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- ^ "Castle Rising Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Claxton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Norwich Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Oxburgh Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Weeting Castle" PSC. R6.
- ^ "Fotheringhay Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Astwell Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Barnwell Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Rockingham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Thorpe Waterville Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Alnham Vicars Pele" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Alnwick Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Aydon Castle" PSC. R3.
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- ^ "Beaufront Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Bellister Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Belsay Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Berwick Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bitchfield Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Blenkinsop Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bothal Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bywell Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Callaly Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Cartington Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Chillingham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Chipchase Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Cocklaw Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Cockle Park Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Corbridge Vicar's Pele" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Coupland Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Craster Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Crawley Tower" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Cresswell Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Dilston Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Dunstanburgh Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Edlingham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Elsdon Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Embleton Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Etal Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Featherstone Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Ford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Halton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Harbottle Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Haughton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hexham Moot Hall" PSC. R6.
- ^ "Hexham Old Gaol" PSC. R6.
- ^ "Horsley Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Langley Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Lemmington Hall" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Lindisfarne Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Mitford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Morpeth Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Norham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Preston Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Prior Castell's Tower" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Prudhoe Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Shilbottle Tower" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Shortflatt Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Thirlwall Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Warkworth Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Whittingham Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Whitton Tower" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Willimoteswick Castle" Gatehouse R3.
- ^ "Ayton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Barden Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Bolton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Cawood Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Clifford's Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Crayke Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Danby Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Gilling Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hazlewood Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hellifield Peel" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Helmsley Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Hornby Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Knaresborough Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Marmion Tower" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Middleham Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Old Mulgrave Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Nappa Hall" BLB. R6.
- ^ "Pickering Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Ravensworth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Richmond Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Ripley Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Scarborough Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Sheriff Hutton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Skelton Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Skipton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Snape Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "South Cowton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Spofforth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Whorlton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Wilton Castle" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Halloughton Manor House" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Newark Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Nottingham Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Bampton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Broughton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Hanwell Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ Blair (1998), p.137.
- ^ "Greys Court" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Shirburn Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Wallingford Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Oakham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Acton Burnell Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Alberbury Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bridgnorth Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Broncroft Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Cheney Longville Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Clun Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hopton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Ludlow Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Moreton Corbet Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Quatford Castle" BLB. R6.
- ^ "Red Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Rowton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Shrewsbury Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Stokesay Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Wattlesborough Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Whittington Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Banwell Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ Buildings of England, Somerset: South & West (1958) ISBN 978-0300096446.
- ^ "Dunster Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Farleigh Hungerford Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Newton St Loe" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Nunney Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Stogursey Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Sutton Court" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Taunton Castle" PSC. R2.
- ^ "Walton Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Wells Bishop's Palace" BLB. R1.
- ^ "Conisbrough Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Tickhill Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Alton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Caverswall Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Chartley Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Eccleshall Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Stafford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Stourton Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Tamworth Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Tutbury Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Bungay Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Clare Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Eye Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Framlingham Castle" PSC. R6.
- ^ "Mettingham Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Orford Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Wingfield Castle" PSC. R1.
- ^ "Farnham Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Guildford Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Hylton Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Newcastle Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Old Hollinside" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Ravensworth Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Tynemouth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Astley Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Kenilworth Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Maxstoke Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Warwick Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Dudley Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Amberley Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Arundel Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Bramber Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Halnaker House" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Dobroyd Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Harewood Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Pontefract Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Sandal Castle" PSC. R3.
- ^ "Devizes Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Longford Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Ludgershall Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Old Sarum Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Old Wardour Castle" PSC. R4.
- ^ "Caldwall Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Hartlebury Castle" PSC. R7.
- ^ "Holt Castle" PSC. R1.
- ^ "Worcester Castle" PSC. R7.
Bibliography[edit]
- Blair, J. (1998) Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire London: Sutton. ISBN 978-0750917506.
- Brown, R. Allen (1962) English Castles London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0907486060.
- Creighton, Oliver (2002) Castles and Landscapes London: Continuum. ISBN 978-0826458964.
- Elton, G.R. (1991) England Under the Tudors London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415065337.
- Harrington, P. (2007) The Castles of Henry VIII Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1846031304.
- Higham, Robert; Barker, Philip (1992) Timber Castles London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0713421897.
- Impey, Edward; Parnell, Geoffrey (2000) The Tower of London: The Official Illustrated History Merrell Publishers in association with Historic Royal Palaces. ISBN 978-1858941066.
- King, D.J. Cathcart (1983) Castellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands London: Kraus International Publications ISBN 978-0527501105.
- King, D.J. Cathcart (1988) The Castle in England and Wales: An Interpretative History London: Croom Helm. ISBN 978-0918400086.
- Renn, Derek (1984) "Review: Castellarium Anglicanum by D.J. Cathcart King" Medieval Archaeology 28: 277–278.
- Thompson, Michael (1987) The Decline of the Castle Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521321945.
External links[edit]
- Castles of England and Wales
- CastleXplorer
- Castles in England A–Z
- CastleStories - Google Map Explorer
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