BLENKINSOPP CASTLE

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A 19th century house incorporating the ruined remains of a tower house. The owner of the tower house was granted a licence to crenellate in 1349. A colliery agent's house was added to the tower circa 1832 and the house was enlarged and partly rebuilt in Tudor style between 1877-80. The first floor of the 1880 entrance block was removed in 1986.

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[NY 6649 6450] Blenkinsopp Castle [G.T.] (Remains of) (1)

Licence to crenellate Blenkinsopp Castle was granted in 1340. Its remains, incorporated in the present 19th c. house of the same name, consist of the east wall of the entrance hall, and the NE tower. (2)

The castle was defended on the north and west sides by a deep ditch. (3)

Description correct and condition unchanged.
Ditch re-surveyed at 1/2500. (4)

Blenkinsopp Castle (previously listed in the Civil Parish of
Blenkinsopp). Grade II. House incorporating fragments of a medieval tower house. Licence to crenellate 1340; colliery agent's house added c.1832 (possibly by John Dobson); enlarged and largely rebuilt in Tudor style 1877-80 for William Lisle Blenkinsopp Coulson. See List for full account. (5)

NY 665 645. Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts). Scheduled No ND/597. (6)

Listed by King. (7)

Badly damaged by fire in 1954, ruining the Gothic house. The East wall of the renovated tower and a few other parts survive as interesting skeletons. (8)

The ditch described by authority 3 could not be identified on available photography because the area was covered by trees. (9)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" (Prov) 1946

( 2) The buildings of England

N Pevsner (1957) Buildings of England: Northumberland, p99 Page(s)99

( 3) General reference

WW Tomlinson (1902) Guide to Northumberland p171

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DK 01-SEP-66

(5) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE Listed Buildings Dist of Tynedale, Northumbs 27-Jul-1987 20

(6) English Heritage 1995 County list of Scheduled Monuments : March 1994

English Heritage SAM List Northumbs March 1994 36 Page(s)36

(7) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)328

(8) Dodds, JF 1999 Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland

Page(s)391-2

(9) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment

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