< Castles of England
Name
Type
Date
Condition
Image Ownership
/ Access
Notes (Key)
Alnham Vicars Pele Pele tower 14th century Restored Private
Alnwick Castle Keep and bailey 12–14th century Restored
Duke of Northumberland
Remodelled by Robert Adam and Anthony Salvin.
Aydon Castle Fortified manor house 14th century Intact Converted to farmhouse 17th century.
Bamburgh Castle Keep and bailey 12–14th century Restored
Lord Armstrong
Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored 1894–1904.
Barmoor Castle Tower house 14–19th century Rebuilt Private 19th century mansion incorporating remains of 14th century building.
Beaufront Castle Neo-romantic castle 1836–1841 Intact Private residence 19th century mansion on site of 15th century tower house.
Bellister Castle Castle 13–14th century Fragmentary remains Private Ruins adjoining 17th century house.
Belsay Castle Tower house 1439–60 Intact Later ruined building attached.
Berwick Castle Castle 12–13th century Fragmentary remains
Bitchfield Castle Pele tower 14th century Restored Private Incorporated in later mansion.
Blenkinsop Castle Tower house 14th century Ruins Private Incorporated in 19th century house.
Bothal Castle Castle 14th century Rebuilt Private Extensively restored 19th century.
Bywell Castle Castle 15th century Fragments Private Gatehouse survives.
Callaly Castle Pele tower 14–15th century Intact Private apartments Incorporated in later country house.
Cartington Castle Pele tower and extensions 14–15th century Fragmentary remains Private
Chillingham Castle Quadrangular castle 1344 Intact Altered 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982.
Chipchase Castle Tower house 14th century Intact Incorporated in Jacobean house, altered 18–19th centuries.
Cocklaw Tower Tower house 14–15th century Shell Private, farm Near Wall.
Cocklepark Tower Tower house c.1517 Substantially intact Newcastle University
Corbridge Vicar's Pele Pele tower 1318 Intact Re-roofed 1910.
Coupland Castle Tower house 16–17th century Restored Private residence Later additions.
Craster Tower Pele tower 14–15th century Intact Holiday accommodation Incorporated in later building.
Crawley Tower Pele tower 14th century Ruins Private A cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century.
Cresswell Castle Pele tower 15th century Ruin 18th century parapet.
Dilston Castle Tower house 15th century Ruins Altered 16–17th century, later buildings demolished.
Dunstanburgh Castle Keep and bailey 14th century Fragmentary ruins Spectacular coastal setting.
Edlingham Castle Keep and bailey 14th century Fragmentary ruins
Elsdon Castle Motte and bailey 11th century Earthworks Private Well-preserved earthworks.
Elsdon Tower Pele tower 16th century Intact Private Altered, rectory until 1960, restored 1990s.
Embleton Tower Pele tower 14th century Intact Private 19th century vicarage attached.
Etal Castle Castle 14th century Fragmentary ruins
Featherstone Castle Castle 14th century Intact Private 14th century tower, three further towers added 18–19th century.
Ford Castle Quadrangular castle 14th century Substantially intact Private Converted into mansion 17th century.
Haggerston Castle Neo-romantic castle c.1893 Fragment Caravan site Surviving tower of c.1893, on site of 14th century castle, in what is now a caravan park.
Halton Castle Tower house 13–14th century Intact Private residence Attached to later house.
Harbottle Castle Keep and bailey 12–14th century Fragmentary ruins
Northumberland National Park
Captured by Robert Bruce in 1318.
Haughton Castle Tower house 13–14th centuries Restored Private Altered 18–19th centuries.
Hexham Moot Hall and Old Gaol Fortified towers 14–15th century Intact Probably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has 'Turris de Hexham'.
Horsley Tower Pele tower 16th century Intact Private residence
Langley Castle Tower house c.1350 Restored Hotel Restored 1890s.
Lemmington Hall Tower house 15th century Restored Wedding venue Incorporated in later house.
Lindisfarne Castle Artillery fort 16th century Restored Remodelled by Edwin Lutyens 1901.
Mitford Castle Keep and bailey 11–13th century Fragmentary ruins
Morpeth Castle Castle 1342–9 Fragments Landmark Trust Only gatehouse and a section of wall remain.
Norham Castle Keep and bailey 12th century Ruins Keep remodelled 1422–5, partly rebuilt 1513–15.
Preston Tower Pele tower c.1400 Fragment South wall remains, with two of the original four turrets.
Prior Castell's Tower Tower house 15–16th century Substantially intact
Prudhoe Castle Castle 12–14th century Ruins
Shilbottle Tower Pele tower 15th century Restored Private Incorporated into a vicarage.
Shortflatt Tower Pele tower 14–15th century Restored Wedding venue Incorporated in later house.
Thirlwall Castle Tower house 14th century Fragmentary ruins
Northumberland National Park
Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall.
Twizell Castle Tower house 15–18th century Fragmentary ruins Medieval ruins incorporated in 18th century folly.
Warkworth Castle Keep and bailey 12–14th century Ruins Although looked after by English Heritage, partly owned by the Duke of Northumberland.
Whittingham Tower Pele tower 13–14th century Restored Private Converted for use as almshouses in 1845.
Whitton Tower Pele tower c.1386 Intact Holiday accommodation Near Rothbury, well-preserved.
Willimoteswick Castle Fortified manor house 16th century Ruins Private, farm Incorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt 1900.


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.

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