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==North Yorkshire== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: LβW#North Yorkshire|label 1=Map of castles in North Yorkshire}} Castles of which little remains include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Acklam, Ryedale|Acklam Motte]] *[[Burton in Lonsdale Castle]] *[[Buttercrambe Castle]] *[[Carlton, Richmondshire|Carlton Castle]] *[[Middleton-on-Leven|Castle Levington]] *[[Duffield Castle, North Yorkshire|Duffield Castle]] *[[Guisborough|Guisborough Castle]] *[[West Harlsey|Harsley Castle]] *[[Henderskelfe|Henderskelfe Castle]] *[[Yafforth|Howe Hill (Yafforth)]] *[[Hunmanby|Hunmanby Castle]] *[[Catterick, North Yorkshire|Killerby Castle]] *[[Kilton Castle]] *[[Kirkby Fleetham|Kirkby Fleetham Castle]] *[[Newton Kyme|Kyme Castle]] *[[Lythe|Lythe Castle]] *[[Malton Castle]] *[[Saxton, North Yorkshire|Saxton Castle]] *[[Kirby Sigston|Sigston Castle]] *[[Slingsby, North Yorkshire|Slingsby Castle]] *[[Tadcaster|Tadcaster Castle]] *[[Topcliffe, North Yorkshire|Topcliffe Castle]] *[[Upsall Castle]] }} {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / Access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[West Ayton|Ayton Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1201|13β14th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Ayton Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local authority |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=65095 "Ayton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190846/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=65095 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Barden Tower]] |Castle |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Barden Tower - geograph.org.uk - 38331.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=48258 "Barden Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190837/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=48258 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Bolton Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Bolton Castle.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |Besieged and slighted during English Civil War.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=48868 "Bolton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002202405/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=48868 |date=2011-10-02 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Cawood Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1374|1374β88}} |Fragments |[[File:Cawood Castle.jpg|90px]] |[[Landmark Trust]] |Largely demolished in 1750, gatehouse survives.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=56254 "Cawood Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210422/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=56254 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Clifford's Tower]] |Keep |{{sort|1201|13th century}} |Restored |[[File:CLIFFOR1.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Reduced in height 1596.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1379266 "Clifford's Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210435/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1379266 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Crayke Castle]] |Tower house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Crayke Castle, Hambledon, North Yorkshire.jpg|90px]] |Private |18th- and 19th-century additions and alterations.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-333416-crayke-castle-crayke "Crayke Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118212754/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-333416-crayke-castle-crayke |date=2012-01-18 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Danby Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Danby Castle Ruins - geograph.org.uk - 146101.jpg|90px]] |Private, farm |Partly used as farm buildings.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=28803 "Danby Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190915/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=28803 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Gilling Castle]] |Tower house |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Intact | |[[St Martin's Ampleforth|St. Martin's Ampleforth School]] |16th- and 18th-century additions and alterations.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58490 "Gilling Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125852/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58490 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hazlewood Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1201|13β18th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:Hazlewood Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1752647.jpg|90px]] |Hotel |Altered in the 18th and 20th centuries, formerly [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] retreat centre.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=54579 "Hazlewood Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125903/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=54579 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hellifield|Hellifield Peel]] |Tower house |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Hellifield Peel - geograph.org.uk - 640957.jpg|90px]] |Hotel |Restored 2005.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=45495 "Hellifield Peel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125915/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=45495 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Helmsley Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1101|12β13th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Helmsley Castle3.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Severely slighted in 1645.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58805 "Helmsley Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210451/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58805 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hornby Castle, Yorkshire|Hornby Castle]] |Courtyard castle |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Hornby castle 2932 large.jpg|90px]] |Private |Converted to country house by [[John Carr (architect)|John Carr]], 18th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52373 "Hornby Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210502/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52373 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Knaresborough Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β14th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Knaresborough Castle ruins.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>[[Duchy of Lancaster]] |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=53332 "Knaresborough Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210513/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=53332 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Marmion Tower]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Marmion Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1690757.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Surviving gatehouse of Tanfield Castle.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52078 "Marmion Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210523/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52078 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Middleham Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β14th century}} |Ruins |[[File:MiddlehamCJW.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=50873 "Middleham Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210541/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=50873 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Mulgrave Castle|(Old) Mulgrave Castle]] |Enclosure castle |{{sort|1101|12β13th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Eastern Guard Tower, Mulgrave Castle - geograph.org.uk - 401799.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>[[Marquess of Normanby]] |Superseded by 18β19th-century castellated mansion also known as [[Mulgrave Castle]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=29499 "Old Mulgrave Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210551/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=29499 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Nappa Hall]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1459|1459}} |Intact |[[File:Nappa Hall (geograph 1809781).jpg|90px]] |Private |Enlarged in the 17th century, little altered since.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-323049-nappa-hall-askrigg "Nappa Hall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118214616/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-323049-nappa-hall-askrigg |date=2012-01-18 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Pickering Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β14th century}} |Ruins |[[File:PickeringCastle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=60349 "Pickering Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210557/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=60349 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Ravensworth Castle (North Yorkshire)|Ravensworth Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Ravensworth Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1709271.jpg|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=21560 "Ravensworth Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210610/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=21560 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Richmond Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β14th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Richmond keep from SW, 2009.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Keep {{convert|100|ft|abbr=on}} high.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=21618 "Richmond Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418215731/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=21618 |date=2012-04-18 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Ripley Castle]] |Tower house |{{sort|1401|15β16th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:Ripley Castle - geograph.org.uk - 778601.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Extended in 1783β36 in [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] style.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52004 "Ripley Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210620/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=52004 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Scarborough Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12β13th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Scarborough Castle 3.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=79973 "Scarborough Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210630/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=79973 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sheriff Hutton Castle]] |Quadrangular castle |{{sort|1382|1382}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Sheriff Hutton Castle. - geograph.org.uk - 1036360.jpg|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58375 "Sheriff Hutton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210703/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=58375 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Skelton-in-Cleveland|Skelton Castle]] |Castellated house |{{sort|1201|13β19th century}} |Intact |[[File:Skelton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 92653.jpg|90px]] |Private |18β19th-century house incorporates remains of medieval castle.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-432751-skelton-castle-skelton-and-brotton "Skelton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109141215/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-432751-skelton-castle-skelton-and-brotton |date=2011-01-09 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Skipton Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1101|12β17th century}} |Restored |[[File:Skipton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1202627.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Partly demolished in 1649, rebuilt in 1657β58.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=46508 "Skipton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210717/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=46508 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Snape Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1401|15β18th century}} |Partly ruined |[[File:Snape Castle.jpg|90px]] |Private |Mostly reconstructed in the 17th century.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-333605-snape-castle-snape-with-thorp "Snape Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127052348/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-333605-snape-castle-snape-with-thorp |date=2012-01-27 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[South Cowton Castle]] |Tower house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Cowton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1104614 cropped.jpg|90px]] |Private |Altered in the 19th century, farmhouse.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=23573 "South Cowton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210738/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=23573 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Spofforth Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1201|13β15th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Spofforth Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=53376 "Spofforth Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006210756/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=53376 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Whorlton, North Yorkshire|Whorlton Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1301|14β16th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Whorlton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 517497.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}} |Remains of gatehouse.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=26817 "Whorlton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006050815/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=26817 |date=2012-10-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Wilton Castle (Yorkshire)|Wilton Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1810|c. 1810}} |Intact |[[File:Wilton Castle, Teesside (geograph 2264814).jpg|90px]] |Private apartments |By [[Sir Robert Smirke|Smirke]] on site of medieval castle.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60374-wilton-castle-eston "Wilton Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127081508/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-60374-wilton-castle-eston |date=2012-01-27 }} BLB.</ref> |}
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