Castles of England/Northumberland

Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership/ Access Notes (../Key/) Alnham Vicars Pele Pele tower 130114th century Restored 90px Private Alnwick Castle Keep and bailey 110112–14th century Restored 90px HHImage:HH icon.svgDuke of Northumberland Remodelled by Robert Adam and Anthony Salvin. Aydon Castle Fortified manor house 130114th century Intact 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Converted to farmhouse 17th century. Bamburgh Castle Keep and bailey 110112–14th century Restored 90px HHImage:HH icon.svgLord Armstrong Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored 1894–1904. Barmoor Castle Tower house 130114–19th century Rebuilt 90px Private 1919th century mansion incorporating remains of 14th century building. Beaufront Castle Neo-romantic castle 18361836–1841 Intact 90px Private residence 1919th century mansion on site of 15th century tower house. Bellister Castle Castle 120113–14th century Fragmentary remains 90px Private Ruins adjoining 17th century house. Belsay Castle Tower house 14391439–60 Intact 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Later ruined building attached. Berwick Castle Castle 110112–13th century Fragmentary remains 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Bitchfield Castle Pele tower 130114th century Restored Private Incorporated in later mansion. Blenkinsop Castle Tower house 130114th century Ruins 90px Private Incorporated in 19th century house. Bothal Castle Castle 130114th century Rebuilt 90px Private Extensively restored 19th century. Bywell Castle Castle 140115th century Fragments 90px Private Gatehouse survives. Callaly Castle Pele tower 130114–15th century Intact 90px Private apartments Incorporated in later country house. Cartington Castle Pele tower and extensions 130114–15th century Fragmentary remains Private Chillingham Castle Quadrangular castle 13441344 Intact 90px HHImage:HH icon.svg Altered 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982. Chipchase Castle Tower house 130114th century Intact 90px HHImage:HH icon.svg Incorporated in Jacobean house, altered 18–19th centuries. Cocklaw Tower Tower house 130114–15th century Shell 90px Private, farm Near Wall. Cocklepark Tower Tower house 1517c.1517 Substantially intact 90px Newcastle University Corbridge Vicar's Pele Pele tower 13181318 Intact 90px HALImage:UKAL icon.svg Re-roofed 1910. Coupland Castle Tower house 150116–17th century Restored 90px Private residence Later additions. Craster Tower Pele tower 130114–15th century Intact Holiday accommodation Incorporated in later building. Crawley Tower Pele tower 130114th century Ruins 90px Private A cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century. Cresswell Castle Pele tower 140115th century Ruin 90px 170118th century parapet. Dilston Castle Tower house 140115th century Ruins 90px HCImage:CL_icon.svg Altered 16–17th century, later buildings demolished. Dunstanburgh Castle Keep and bailey 130114th century Fragmentary ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Spectacular coastal setting. Edlingham Castle Keep and bailey 130114th century Fragmentary ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Elsdon Castle Motte and bailey 100111th century Earthworks 90px Private Well-preserved earthworks. Elsdon Tower Pele tower 150116th century Intact 90px Private Altered, rectory until 1960, restored 1990s. Embleton Tower Pele tower 130114th century Intact 90px Private 1919th century vicarage attached. Etal Castle Castle 130114th century Fragmentary ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Featherstone Castle Castle 130114th century Intact 90px Private 130114th century tower, three further towers added 18–19th century. Ford Castle Quadrangular castle 130114th century Substantially intact 90px Private Converted into mansion 17th century. Haggerston Castle Neo-romantic castle 1893c.1893 Fragment 90px Caravan site Surviving tower of c.1893, on site of 14th century castle, in what is now a caravan park. Halton Castle Tower house 120113–14th century Intact 90px Private residence Attached to later house. Harbottle Castle Keep and bailey 110112–14th century Fragmentary ruins 90px HALImage:UKAL icon.svgNorthumberland National Park Captured by Robert Bruce in 1318. Haughton Castle Tower house 120113–14th centuries Restored 90px Private Altered 18–19th centuries. Hexham Moot Hall and Old Gaol Fortified towers 130114–15th century Intact 90px HMImage:Museum icon (red).svg Probably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has 'Turris de Hexham'. Horsley Tower Pele tower 150116th century Intact 90px Private residence Langley Castle Tower house 1350c.1350 Restored 90px Hotel Restored 1890s. Lemmington Hall Tower house 140115th century Restored 90px Wedding venue Incorporated in later house. Lindisfarne Castle Artillery fort 150116th century Restored 90px ENTImage:NTE icon.svg Remodelled by Edwin Lutyens 1901. Mitford Castle Keep and bailey 100111–13th century Fragmentary ruins 90px HCImage:CL_icon.svg Morpeth Castle Castle 13421342–9 Fragments 90px Landmark Trust Only gatehouse and a section of wall remain. Norham Castle Keep and bailey 110112th century Ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Keep remodelled 1422–5, partly rebuilt 1513–15. Preston Tower Pele tower 1401c.1400 Fragment 90px HCImage:CL_icon.svg South wall remains, with two of the original four turrets. Prior Castell's Tower Tower house 140115–16th century Substantially intact 90px ENTImage:NTE icon.svg Prudhoe Castle Castle 110112–14th century Ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Shilbottle Tower Pele tower 140115th century Restored 90px Private Incorporated into a vicarage. Shortflatt Tower Pele tower 130114–15th century Restored 90px Wedding venue Incorporated in later house. Thirlwall Castle Tower house 130114th century Fragmentary ruins 90px HALImage:UKAL icon.svgNorthumberland National Park Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall. Twizell Castle Tower house 140115–18th century Fragmentary ruins 90px HALImage:UKAL icon.svg Medieval ruins incorporated in 18th century folly. Warkworth Castle Keep and bailey 110112–14th century Ruins 90px EHImage:EH icon.svg Although looked after by English Heritage, partly owned by the Duke of Northumberland. Whittingham Tower Pele tower 120113–14th century Restored 90px Private Converted for use as almshouses in 1845. Whitton Tower Pele tower 1386c.1386 Intact Holiday accommodation Near Rothbury, well-preserved. Willimoteswick Castle Fortified manor house 150116th century Ruins 90px Private, farm Incorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt 1900. thumb|Twizell Castle Twizell Castle stands on a bend of the River Till at Tillmouth Park, Northumberland. Below it, the medieval Twizell bridge spans the river. The gardens of the castle contain the earthwork remains of the once lost medieval village of Twizell, whilst the massive ruin presents the remains of an 18th century castle which was never completed. A medieval tower house which once stood on the site was, in 1415, held by Sir John Heron. This was destroyed by the Scots in 1496, and the estate was sold by the Herons circa 1520 to a member of the Selby family. A survey in 1561 reported only the remnants of a tower house and a barmkin. Of the medieval structure, blocked windows, a chamfered doorway and the original north-east angle quoins are all that remains visible now. In 1685 Sir Francis Blake purchased the estate from the widow Selby for £1,944, plus an annuity of £100, and the Blake family lived on the estate until 1738 when they moved to nearby Tillmouth Hall. From about 1770, he worked on the recreation of the castle as a Gothic Revival mansion, designed by architect James Nesbit of Kelso to be five levels tall. Despite some forty years of work, the project was never completed. When in 1882, the Blake's built a new mansion at Tillmouth Park much of the incomplete Twizell Castle was demolished and the stone used in the new construction. The house is now a two-story folly. Rectangular in plan, with circular towers on the angles and two wings on the north side, the basement rooms in the main block are stone and brick-vaulted as a precaution against fire.