Aydon Castle
Aydon Castle , formerly often called Aydon Hall , is a fortified mansion in the village of Aydon near Corbridge in the English county of Northumberland . It is a Scheduled Monument and English Heritage has listed it as a Grade I Historic Building.
Details
Documents show that a wooden house was initially built at this point. The manor house was then built by Robert de Reymes , a wealthy Suffolk merchant , from 1296 onwards on the steep valley of Cor Burn . At that time the building consisted of a two-story hall house with solar (a hall for use by the owner's family), a dining room and a kitchen on the upper floor. In 1305 he received a royal permit to fortify his mansion (English: "License to crenellate") and had battlements put up and the property enclosed with a curtain wall. The house was taken by the Scots in 1315 and again in 1346. The manor house was renovated in the middle of the 16th century and converted into a farm in the middle of the 17th century. It remained in use as a farm until 1966 and then renovated and restored its medieval appearance. It is managed by English Heritage.
Individual evidence
- ^ Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings . In: The National Heritage List for England . English Heritage. 2011. Accessed November 30, 2015.
- ^ Aydon Castle main buildings and courtyard walls . In: The National Heritage List for England . English Heritage. 2011. Accessed November 30, 2015.
- ^ Aydon Castle . The Gatehouse. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ a b Aydon Castle . CastleXplorer. Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Plantagenet Somerset Fry: The David & Charles Book of Castles . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3 . Pp. 180-181.
Web links
- Aydon Castle . English Heritage.
- Aydon Castle . CastleUK. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- Aydon Castle . North of the Tyne. Archived from the original on January 10, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
Coordinates: 54 ° 59 ′ 25.4 " N , 1 ° 59 ′ 59.6" W.