WITTON CASTLE

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Castle, with a licence to crenellate of 1410. The tower house, curtain wall, gatehouses and angle turrets were built in this period. Additional building circa.1790-5. Recently restored with modern additions.

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[NZ 15353041] Witton Castle [NR] (1)

The history of Witton Castle is not sufficiently known although licence to crenellate was obtained in 1410, after building had already started. The large tower house on the north side (much altered 19th century) and the curtain wall (except for the northwest parts) with its east and west gates and surviving angle turrets (bartizans) are attributed to this date. Additional buildings were added on the west side of the tower house circa 1790-5. The south tower in the curtain wall has 16th century windows and is not original. (2) Gde II* (3).

The original rubble-built castle situated within the curtain wall has been completely restored and retains no exterior features of obvious antiquity. A modern block, similar in style to the original castle, has been added to the west side. A wall and ornamental ditch on the north side are also modern. (4)

Condition unchanged, no earthworks. (5)

Listed by Cathcart King. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1954

( 2) by Nikolaus Pevsner ; revised by Elizabeth Williamson 1983 County Durham

The buildings of England Page(s)245

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

DOE (HHR) Barnard Castle RD Durham June 1965 4

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DAD 05-JUL-57

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F2 BHP 17-FEB-70

(6) 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)137

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