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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | County |
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Someries Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragmentary remains | Brick, unfinished, ruined gatehouse and chapel survive.[1] | Bedfordshire | ||
Donnington Castle | Castle | c.1386 | Fragment | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Sited on crag high above Cheshire Plain, 19th century outer gatehouse.[12] | Cheshire | ||
Chester Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragment | Agricola tower sole feature of medieval castle to survive 18th century fire.[13] | |||
Cholmondeley Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1801–19 | Intact | Marquess of Cholmondeley |
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 | Church of England |
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 | [19] | |||
Bowes Castle | Keep | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | 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 | Lord Barnard |
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 | 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 | [34] | |||
Pendennis Castle | Artillery fort | 1540–98 | Intact | Withstood 5-month siege in 1646.[35] | |||
Pengersick Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1510 | Fragment | 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 | 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 | Castle and priory church comprise single building.[41] | |||
Tintagel Castle | Twin bailey | 1227–33 | Fragmentary remains | [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 | 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 | Restored 1659–62 by Lady Anne Clifford.[55] | |||
Brougham Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–14th century | Ruins | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Large country-house extensions.[76] | |||
Hutton John | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | 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 | [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 | 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 | 16–17th century farmhouse built into ruins.[86] | |||
Muncaster Castle | Tower house | 13–14th century | Restored | 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 | [90] | |||
Penrith Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary remains | [91] | |||
Piel Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Ruins | 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 | 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 | [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 | Castle rebuilt as 17th century mansion.[105] | Derbyshire | ||
Codnor Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary remains | [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 | 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 | Commanding position above ravine.[110] | |||
Riber Castle | Sham castle | 1868 | Ruins | Private | School 1892–1930.[111] | ||
Wingfield Manor | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Ruins | 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 | 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 | Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century.[116] | |||
Dartmouth Castle | Castle | 1481 | Restored | Converted to artillery castle 1509–47.[117] | |||
Castle Drogo | Neo-romantic castle | 1911–1930 | Intact | By Edwin Lutyens.[118] | |||
Gidleigh Castle | Keep | c.1300 | Ruins | [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 | [122] | |||
Marisco Castle | Keep and bailey | c.1243 | Restored | Restored 1643.[123] | |||
Okehampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | [124] | |||
Plympton Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | [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 | 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 | Incorporates part of 16th century Henrician Castle.[132] | Dorset | ||
Christchurch Castle | Motte and bailey | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | Hall known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney.[133] | |||
Corfe Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Extensive ruins | Besieged and slighted during the English Civil War.[134] | |||
Lulworth Castle | Sham castle | c.1610 | Restored | 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 | Replaced by 16–17th house which became known as Sherborne Castle.[139] | |||
Woodsford Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Habitable | Landmark Trust | [140] |
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