List of Castles in England - Northumberland

Northumberland

See also: Map of castles in Northumberland

Castles of which little or nothing remains include:

  • Cornhill Castle
  • Dally Castle
  • Duddo Tower
  • Elsdon Castle
  • Ford Parson's Tower
  • Great Tosson Tower
  • Haggerston Castle
  • Haltwhistle Castle
  • Heiferlaw Tower
  • Hepple Tower
  • Hethpool Tower
  • Howtel Tower
  • Kyloe Tower
  • Little Swinburne Tower
  • Lowick Castle
  • Nafferton Castle
  • Overgrass Tower
  • Ponteland Castle
  • Simonburn Castle
  • Staward Peel
  • Tarset Castle
  • Thornton Tower
  • Twizell Castle
  • Warden Castle
  • Wark Castle
  • Welton Hall
  • West Lilburn Tower
  • Widdrington Castle
Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes
Alnham Vicars Pele Pele tower 1301 !14th century Restored Private
Alnwick Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–14th century Restored HH !
Duke of Northumberland		 Remodelled by Robert Adam and Anthony Salvin.
Aydon Castle Fortified manor house 1301 !14th century Intact EH ! Converted to farmhouse 17th century.
Bamburgh Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–14th century Restored HH !
Lord Armstrong		 Ruinous by 1704, extensively restored in 1894–1904.
Barmoor Castle Tower house 1301 !14–19th century Rebuilt Private 19th-century mansion incorporating remains of a 14th-century building.
Beaufront Castle Neo-romantic castle 1836 !1836–1841 Intact Private 19th-century mansion on the site of a 15th-century tower house.
Bellister Castle Castle 1201 !13–14th century Fragmentary remains Private Ruins adjoining a 17th-century house.
Belsay Castle Tower house 1439 !1439–60 Intact EH ! Later ruined building attached.
Berwick Castle Castle 1101 !12–13th century Fragmentary remains EH !
Bitchfield Castle Pele tower 1301 !14th century Restored Private Incorporated in later mansion.
Blenkinsop Castle Tower house 1301 !14th century Ruins Private Incorporated into a 19th-century house.
Bothal Castle Castle 1301 !14th century Rebuilt Private Extensively restored in the 19th century.
Bywell Castle Castle 1401 !15th century Fragments Private Gatehouse survives.
Callaly Castle Pele tower 1301 !14–15th century Intact Private apartments Incorporated in later country house.
Cartington Castle Pele tower and extensions 1301 !14–15th century Fragmentary remains Private
Chillingham Castle Quadrangular castle 1344 !1344 Intact HH ! Altered in the 17–19th centuries, restored after 1982.
Chipchase Castle Tower house 1301 !14th century Intact HH ! Incorporated in Jacobean house, altered in the 18–19th centuries.
Cocklaw Tower Tower house 1301 !14–15th century Shell Private, farm Near Wall.
Cockle Park Tower Tower house 1517 !c. 1517 Substantially intact Newcastle University
Corbridge Vicar's Pele Pele tower 1318 !1318 Intact HAL ! Re-roofed in 1910.
Coupland Castle Tower house 1501 !16–17th century Restored Private Later additions.
Craster Tower Pele tower 1301 !14–15th century Intact Holiday accommodation Incorporated in later building.
Crawley Tower Pele tower 1301 !14th century Ruins Private A cottage was built within the walls in the 18th century.
Cresswell Castle Pele tower 1401 !15th century Ruin 18th century-parapet.
Dilston Castle Tower house 1401 !15th century Ruins HC ! Altered in the 16–17th century, later buildings demolished.
Dunstanburgh Castle Keep and bailey 1301 !14th century Fragmentary ruins EH ! Spectacular coastal setting.
Edlingham Castle Keep and bailey 1301 !14th century Fragmentary ruins EH !
Elsdon Tower Pele tower 1501 !16th century Intact Private Altered, rectory until 1960, restored in the 1990s.
Embleton Tower Pele tower 1301 !14th century Intact Private 19th-century vicarage attached.
Etal Castle Castle 1301 !14th century Fragmentary ruins EH !
Featherstone Castle Castle 1301 !14th century Intact Private 14th-century tower, three further towers added in the 18–19th century.
Ford Castle Quadrangular castle 1301 !14th century Substantially intact Private Converted into mansion in the 17th century.
Halton Castle Tower house 1201 !13–14th century Intact Private Attached to later house.
Harbottle Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–14th century Fragmentary ruins HAL !
Northumberland National Park		 Captured by Robert Bruce in 1318.
Haughton Castle Tower house 1201 !13–14th century Restored Private Altered in the 18–19th centuries.
Hexham Moot Hall and Old Gaol Fortified towers 1301 !14–15th century Intact HM ! Probably once connected by bailey wall, AD1415 list of castles has "Turris de Hexham".
Horsley Tower, Longhorsley Pele tower 1501 !16th century Intact Private
Langley Castle Tower house 1350 !c. 1350 Restored Hotel Restored in the 1890s.
Lemmington Hall Tower house 1401 !15th century Restored Wedding venue Incorporated in later house.
Lindisfarne Castle Artillery fort 1501 !16th century Restored ENT ! Remodelled by Edwin Lutyens 1901.
Mitford Castle Keep and bailey 1001 !11–13th century Fragmentary ruins HC !
Morpeth Castle Castle 1342 !1342–9 Fragments Landmark Trust Only gatehouse and a section of wall remain.
Norham Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12th century Ruins EH ! Keep remodelled in 1422–25, partly rebuilt in 1513–15.
Preston Tower, Ellingham Pele tower 1401 !c. 1400 Fragment HC ! South wall remains, with two of the original four turrets.
Prior Castell's Tower Tower house 1401 !15–16th century Substantially intact ENT !
Prudhoe Castle Castle 1101 !12–14th century Ruins EH !
Shilbottle Tower Pele tower 1401 !15th century Restored Private Incorporated into a vicarage.
Shortflatt Tower Pele tower 1301 !14–15th century Restored Wedding venue Incorporated in later house.
Thirlwall Castle Tower house 1301 !14th century Fragmentary ruins HAL !
Northumberland National Park		 Built with stone from Hadrian's Wall.
Warkworth Castle Keep and bailey 1101 !12–14th century Ruins EH !
Whittingham Tower Pele tower 1201 !13–14th century Restored Private Converted for use as almshouses in 1845.
Whitton Tower Pele tower 1386 !c. 1386 Intact Holiday accommodation Near Rothbury, well-preserved.
Willimoteswick Castle Fortified manor house 1501 !16th century Ruins Private, farm Incorporates remains of earlier building, largely rebuilt in 1900.

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