Armathwaite Castle

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Armathwaite Castle

Armathwaite Castle is a former castle and a mansion in the village of Armathwaite in the English county of Cumbria . The original castle on the banks of the River Eden was built in the 15th century to protect against Scottish raids. It was later converted into a mansion and is now owned by English Heritage as Historic Building II *. Grade listed.

Details

Armathwaite Castle was built by the Skelton family on the west bank of the River Eden in the 15th century . Presumably John Skelton commissioned the building, which was then completed in 1445. It was a four-story peel tower that was supposed to protect the Eden Valley from Scottish raids.

In 1712 the castle fell to the Sanderson family . Robert Sanderson made it a center of his collection of antiques and relics. Later the Milbourne family owned and from 1846 William Lowther , the Earl of Lonsdale . At the end of the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle was rebuilt into a manor house, which was clad with stone and built in a classicist style . A wing for offices was also added.

Today the mansion is in private hands.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Samuel Jefferson: History and Antiquities of Carlisle . Samuel Jefferson, Carlisle 1838. p. 399.
  2. ↑ a b Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1980. ISBN 978-0-7153-7976-9 . P. 179.
  3. ^ A b James D. Mackenzie: The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure . Volume II. Macmillan, New York 1896. p. 295.
  4. ^ A b c Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002. ISBN 978-0-85115-782-5 . P. 34.
  5. ^ Samuel Jefferson: History and Antiquities of Carlisle . Samuel Jefferson, Carlisle 1838. p. 400.
  6. ↑ Armathwaite Castle . Images of England. English Heritage. ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 26, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.imagesofengland.org.uk

Coordinates: 54 ° 48 ′ 19.8 "  N , 2 ° 46 ′ 12.4"  W.