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Name | Type | Date | Condition | Image | Ownership / Access | Notes | County |
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Someries Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Brick, unfinished, ruined gatehouse and chapel survive.[1] | Bedfordshire |
Donnington Castle | Castle | c.1386 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Built by Richard Abberbury the Elder, destroyed in English Civil War, gatehouse survives.[2] | Berkshire |
Windsor Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Royal palace | Restored and extended by James Wyatt and Jeffry Wyattville, 1800–30.[3] | |
Boarstall Tower | Fortified manor house | c.1312 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Moated site, gatehouse survives, altered 16–17th centuries, converted to house 20th century.[4] | |
Buckden Palace | Fortified manor house | 13–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Claretian conference centre | Renamed Buckden Towers, partly demolished and remnants incorporated with 19th century house.[5] | Cambridgeshire |
Elton Hall | Fortified manor house | c.1477 | Fragment | ![]() |
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Gatehouse survives, incorporated in building of 1662–1689, remodelled and extended 18–19th centuries.[6] | |
Kimbolton Castle | Castellated house | 17–18th century | Intact | ![]() |
School | Site of medieval castle, rebuilt and later remodelled by Sir John Vanbrugh 1707–10.[7] | |
Kirtling Tower | Fortified manor house | c.1530 | Fragment | ![]() |
NGS | 16th century gatehouse on supposed site of moated Saxon castle.[8] | |
Longthorpe Tower | Tower house | 1263–1300 | Intact | ![]() |
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Elaborate scheme of domestic medieval wall paintings.[9] | |
Northborough Castle | Fortified manor house | 1330–40 | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse and hall survive, with 16–17th century alterations.[10] | |
Woodcroft Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1280 | Habitable fragment | ![]() |
Private | West range of original building survives, with alterations.[11] | |
Beeston Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Sited on crag high above Cheshire Plain, 19th century outer gatehouse.[12] | Cheshire |
Chester Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Fragment | ![]() |
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Agricola tower sole feature of medieval castle to survive 18th century fire.[13] | |
Cholmondeley Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1801–19 | Intact | ![]() |
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Transformed into castle by Smirke, 1817–19.[14] | |
Doddington Castle | Tower house | c.1403 | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Also known as Delves Hall. Building At Risk.[15] | |
Halton Castle | Castle | 13th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
![]() Duchy of Lancaster |
Commanding position, 13th century tower, 18th century courthouse, folly of c.1800.[16] | |
Peckforton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1844–50 | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel | By Anthony Salvin, possibly the last serious fortified home built in Britain.[17] | |
Auckland Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–16th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Mostly 16th century, fragments remain of medieval castle, residence of the Bishop of Durham.[18] | County Durham |
Barnard Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[19] | |
Bowes Castle | Keep | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Ruins of keep survive.[20] | |
Brancepeth Castle | Keep and bailey | 14–19th century | Reconstructed | ![]() |
Private | Substantial medieval portions including 5 towers incorporated in 19th century rebuilding.[21] | |
Durham Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
University College, Durham | Much altered during continuous occupation since c.1072.[22] | |
Lambton Castle | Neo-romantic castle | c.1820–8 | Intact | Wedding venue / Earl of Durham | Later additions demolished following subsidence.[23] | ||
Lumley Castle | Quadrangular castle | c.1392 | Intact | ![]() |
Hotel / Earl of Scarbrough | Altered c.1580 and 1721.[24] | |
Mortham Tower | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 15th century tower, formerly in Yorkshire.[25] | |
Raby Castle | Castle | 12–14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Altered 18–19th centuries.[26] | |
Raby Old Lodge | Tower house | 16th century | Restored | Holiday accommodation | Probably built as a hunting lodge for the Neville family of Raby Castle.[27] | ||
Scargill Castle | Tower house | 13–15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private, farm | Amongst farm buildings.[28] | |
Walworth Castle | Sham castle | c.1600 | Restored | ![]() |
Hotel | South-west tower and adjoining wall possibly medieval.[29] | |
Witton Castle | Castle | c.1410 | Restored | ![]() |
Caravan site | Extended 1790–5. Used as a leisure centre for a caravan site.[30] | |
Caerhays Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1807–10 | Intact | ![]() |
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Built 1808 by John Nash.[31] | |
Carn Brea Castle | Sham castle | 15–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Restaurant | Possible medieval hunting lodge rebuilt 18–19th centuries.[32] | |
Ince Castle | Semi-fortified house | c.1640 | Intact | ![]() |
NGS | House may have been held against the Roundheads in 1646.[33] | |
Launceston Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[34] | |
Pendennis Castle | Artillery fort | 1540–98 | Intact | ![]() |
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Withstood 5-month siege in 1646.[35] | |
Pengersick Castle | Fortified manor house | c.1510 | Fragment | ![]() |
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4-storey tower remains, with later building.[36] | |
Place House, Fowey | Tower house | 15–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | Original tower house defended against the French in 1475, subsequently strengthened, later rebuilt.[37] | |
Restormel Castle | Shell keep | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
[38] | ||
St Catherine's Castle | Artillery fort | 1538–40 | Ruins | ![]() |
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At mouth of River Fowey.[39] | |
St. Mawes Castle | Artillery fort | 1540–3 | Intact | ![]() |
Position not defensible from land attack.[40] | ||
St. Michael's Mount | Fortified site | 12–17th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Castle and priory church comprise single building.[41] | |
Tintagel Castle | Twin bailey | 1227–33 | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[42] | |
Trematon Castle | Shell keep | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Duchy of Cornwall | [43] | |
Appleby Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–17th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Restored 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.[44] | Cumbria |
Armathwaite Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated in later buildings.[45] | |
Arnside Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Freestanding tower house.[46] | |
Askerton Castle | Castle | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private, farm | Altered by Anthony Salvin.[47] | |
Beetham Hall | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Partly ruined | ![]() |
Private | [48] | |
Bewcastle Castle | Courtyard castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary ruins | ![]() |
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Sited within Roman fort.[49] | |
Bewley Castle | Fortified manor house | 13–14th century | Fragmentary ruins | Private | Once a residence of the Bishops of Carlisle.[50] | ||
Blencow Hall | Fortified house | 15–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Holiday accommodation | Altered 1590.[51] | |
Brackenburgh Old Tower | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Private | Adjoining large 19th century house.[52] | ||
Brackenhill Tower | Tower house | 1586 | Intact | Holiday accommodation | Restored 21st century.[53] | ||
Branthwaite Hall | Pele tower | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | 17th century additions.[54] | |
Brough Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Restored 1659–62 by Lady Anne Clifford.[55] | |
Brougham Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Converted into country house in 17th century by Lady Anne Clifford.[56] | |
Brougham Hall | Fortified manor house | 13–19th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Crafts centre | Ruins of 19th century house incorporating remains of earlier building.[57] | |
Broughton Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | School | Incorporated in later building.[58] | ||
Burneside Hall | Tower house | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | [59] | |
Carlisle Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Converted to barracks 19th century.[60] | |
Catterlen Hall | Tower house | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Later additions.[61] | |
Clifton Hall | Pele tower | 16th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
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Used as a farm building until 1973.[62] | |
Cockermouth Castle | Enclosure castle | 13–14th century | Partly restored | ![]() |
Private | 19th century additions.[63] | |
Corby Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private | Concealed within a Georgian Mansion House.[64] | |
Dacre Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
Private | Restored 17th and 19th centuries.[65] | |
Dalston Hall | Fortified house | 15th century | Intact | Hotel | Later additions.[66] | ||
Dalton Castle | Pele tower | 14th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled c.1704 and 1856.[67] | |
Drawdykes Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Intact | Private, farm | Original tower with early Classical Revival facade.[68] | ||
Drumburgh Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Private | Converted into farmhouse.[69] | |
Gleaston Castle | Enclosure castle | 14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | Abandoned late 15th century.[70] | |
Greystoke Castle | Castle | 14–19th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Rebuilt incorporating parts of 14th century building, remodelled 1840 by Anthony Salvin.[71] | |
Harbybrow Tower | Pele tower | 15th century | Ruin | Private | Adjoining 19th century farmhouse.[72] | ||
Hayton Castle | Tower house | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Private | Castle converted to house.[73] | ||
Hazelslack Tower | Pele tower | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Near Arnside.[74] | |
Howgill Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–18th century.[75] | ||
Hutton-in-the-Forest | Pele tower | 14–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Large country-house extensions.[76] | |
Hutton John | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Later alterations and additions.[77] | |
Ingmire Hall | Pele tower | 16–20th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
Private apartments | Incorporated in large mostly 19th century mansion.[78] | |
Isel Hall | Tower house | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Later additions.[79] | ||
Kendal Castle | Ringwork | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[80] | |
Kentmere Hall | Pele tower | 14th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | [81] | |
Kirkandrews Tower | Pele tower | 16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | [82] | |
Linstock Castle | Tower house | 12–13th century | Substantially intact | Private | Altered and remodelled 17–20th century.[83] | ||
Lowther Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1806–14 | Ruins | ![]() |
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Shell of 19th century castle by Smirke, on site of medieval hall.[84] | |
Middleton Hall | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Private | Altered and extended 15–19th centuries.[85] | |
Millom Castle | Castle | 14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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16–17th century farmhouse built into ruins.[86] | |
Muncaster Castle | Tower house | 13–14th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Remodelled by Anthony Salvin, home of Tom Fool, 16th century jester.[87] | |
Naworth Castle | Keep and bailey | 13–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue Earl of Carlisle |
Altered and restored 18th and 19th centuries.[88] | |
Newbiggin Hall | Fortified house | 15–16th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Remodelled by Anthony Salvin.[89] | |
Pendragon Castle | Tower house | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[90] | |
Penrith Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
[91] | ||
Piel Castle | Castle | 14–15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Also known as Fouldrey Castle.[92] | |
Prior's Tower, Carlisle | Pele tower | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Church of England | Part of the Deanery, alongside later buildings.[93] | |
Rose Castle | Quadrangular Castle | 15–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
Church of England | Converted to private house 17th century, residence of the Bishop of Carlisle until 2011.[94] | |
Scaleby Castle | Tower house | 13–15th century | Partly ruined | ![]() |
Private | Incorporated with later house.[95] | |
Sizergh Castle | Tower house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Altered 18–20th centuries.[96] | |
Toppin Castle | Sham castle | 19th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Imitation tower house.[97] | |
Ubarrow Hall | Pele tower | Medieval | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private | Alongside later building, reduced in height.[98] | |
Wharton Hall | Fortified manor house | 14–17th century | Partly restored | ![]() |
Private | [99] | |
Whitehall, Mealsgate | Tower house | 14–15th century | Substantially intact | Holiday accommodation | Alterations by Anthony Salvin.[100] | ||
Workington Hall | Tower house | 14–18th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Local authority | Also known as Curwen Hall.[101] | |
Wray Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1840–7 | Intact | ![]() |
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[102] | |
Wraysholme Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Substantially intact | ![]() |
Private, farm | Used as barn and cow-house, adjoining 19th century house.[103] | |
Yanwath Hall | Pele tower | 15th century | Intact | ![]() |
Private | Adjoining later building.[104] | |
Bolsover Castle | Castle | 12–17th century | Rebuilt | ![]() |
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Castle rebuilt as 17th century mansion.[105] | Derbyshire |
Codnor Castle | Castle | 13–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[106] | |
Elvaston Castle | Castellated house | 17–19th century | Derelict | ![]() |
Derbyshire County Council | Built 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt in 19th century, now within country park. Building At Risk.[107] | |
Haddon Hall | Fortified manor house | 14–15th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Altered 16–17th centuries, restored 1920s.[108] | |
Mackworth Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Ruined gatehouse adjoining farm.[109] | |
Peveril Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Commanding position above ravine.[110] | |
Riber Castle | Sham castle | 1868 | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | School 1892–1930.[111] | |
Wingfield Manor | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Abandoned 18th century.[112] | |
Affeton Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Fragment | ![]() |
Private | Gatehouse of house sacked during English Civil War, with 19th century alterations.[113] | Devon |
Berry Pomeroy Castle | Enclosure castle | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Very late castle, designed to defend against artillery.[114] | |
Bickleigh Castle | Fortified manor house | 15th century | Restored | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Incorporated in later buildings.[115] | |
Compton Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
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Used as farm after 1750, restored 20th century.[116] | |
Dartmouth Castle | Castle | 1481 | Restored | ![]() |
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Converted to artillery castle 1509–47.[117] | |
Castle Drogo | Neo-romantic castle | 1911–1930 | Intact | ![]() |
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By Edwin Lutyens.[118] | |
Gidleigh Castle | Keep | c.1300 | Ruins | ![]() |
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[119] | |
Hemyock Castle | Enclosure castle | c.1380 | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
Private | [120] | |
Kingswear Castle | Artillery fort | 1491–1502 | Intact | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | [121] | |
Lydford Castle | Keep and bailey | 12–13th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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[122] | |
Marisco Castle | Keep and bailey | c.1243 | Restored | ![]() |
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Restored 1643.[123] | |
Okehampton Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[124] | |
Plympton Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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[125] | |
Powderham Castle | Fortified manor house | 14–16th century | Restored | ![]() |
![]() Earl of Devon |
Remodelled 18th and 19th centuries.[126] | |
Rougemont Castle (Exeter) | Castle | 11–12th century | Fragments | ![]() |
Wedding venue | Medieval fragments survive with later buildings.[127] | |
Salcombe Castle | Artillery fort | 1540s | Ruins | ![]() |
Refortified 1643–5.[128] | ||
Tiverton Castle | Quadrangular castle | 14th century | Partly habitable | ![]() |
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16th century house built within castle.[129] | |
Totnes Castle | Shell keep | 11–14th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Well-preserved keep on high motte.[130] | ||
Watermouth Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1825–45 | Intact | ![]() |
Theme park | [131] | |
Brownsea Castle | Castellated house | 16–19th century | Intact | ![]() |
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Incorporates part of 16th century Henrician Castle.[132] | Dorset |
Christchurch Castle | Motte and bailey | 12–14th century | Fragmentary remains | ![]() |
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Hall known as Constable's House survives, with rare Norman chimney.[133] | |
Corfe Castle | Keep and bailey | 11–13th century | Extensive ruins | ![]() |
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Besieged and slighted during the English Civil War.[134] | |
Lulworth Castle | Sham castle | c.1610 | Restored | ![]() |
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Hunting lodge, gutted by fire 1929.[135] | |
Pennsylvania Castle | Neo-romantic castle | 1800 | Intact | ![]() |
Private | On the Isle of Portland, built for John Penn to designs by James Wyatt.[136] | |
Portland Castle | Artillery fort | 1539 | Intact | ![]() |
Private residence 1816–70.[137] | ||
Rufus Castle | Castle | 15th century | Ruins | ![]() |
Private | Also known as Bow and Arrow Castle.[138] | |
Sherborne Old Castle | Keep and bailey | 12th century | Ruins | ![]() |
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Replaced by 16–17th house which became known as Sherborne Castle.[139] | |
Woodsford Castle | Fortified manor house | 14th century | Habitable | ![]() |
Landmark Trust | [140] |
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