KYME CASTLE

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Remains of a manor house, probably built in the 13th century and fortified in the 14th century. The remains comprise a length of rubble walling containing a pointed archway and two lancet windows.

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[SE 4660 4494] KYME CASTLE [G.T.]
(Remains of) [T.I.]. (1)

The Castle remains consist of a wall fragment with a single-chamfered lancet window, and some adjoining lower wall with a shapeless doorway located in the gardens of Newton Hall (see SE 44 SE 3). (2)

No verification of these remains as those of a castle was obtained by inspection or local enquiries. The walling is of rubble construction 1.0 m. thick, and appears to be a genuine fragment of a mediaeval building, the original size and form of which cannot be deduced. See G.P. AO/61/250/7 for illustration.

The general topography of the site gives no indication of its former utilization; and landscaping of the grounds containing the ruin has obliterated all trace of possible associated earthworks. (3)

The rubble remains of Newton Kyme Castle consist chiefly of a thick wall with a pointed archway and two windows. Beyond this is an old well protected by a small stone building, and known locally as Black Tom's Well. Gde 2. (4-5)

SE 467450. Kyme Castle. Scheduled. (6)

As described and planned. (7)

SE 4660 4493. Fortified manor house known as Kyme Castle. Scheduled RSM No 26951. It is thought that the manor may have been founded by the de Kyme family in the 13th century and fortified in the 14th by the Talbot family. The manor house may gradually have fallen into decay in the subsequent centuries and was finally granted to Thomas Fairfax after the Civil War in the 17th century. (8)

Listed by as a possible castle by Cathcart King. (9)

During consolidation work in 2007, it was found that the remaing wall is of two phases, although not closely dateable. The extent of late 18th-early 19th century alterations were greater than previously expected. (10)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1958

( 2) The buildings of England

Bldgs. Yorks W.R., 1959, p.378. (Pevsner) Page(s)378

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 24-APR-63

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

DOE (HHR) Tadcaster RD Yorks W R May 1960 23

( 5) by Harry Speight 1902 Lower Wharfedale, being a complete antiquties and scenery of the picturesque valley of the Wharfe from Cawood to Arthington

Lower Wharfedale 1902 363-4 (H Speight) Page(s)363-4

( 6) General reference

DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 1 1977 64

( 7) Field Investigators Comments

F2 ISS 21-AUG-85

(8) Scheduled Monument Notification

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 5/9/95

(9) 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)531

(10) The Castle Studies Group Journal

21, 2007-8 Page(s)160-1

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