Ravensworth Castle (Tyne and Wear)

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Ravensworth Castle in Tyne and Wear

Ravensworth Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Lamesley in the English county of Tyne and Wear . It is considered a Scheduled Monument , and English Heritage has it as a Historic Building II *. Grade listed.

history

The previous owners from the 12th century included the FitzMarmaduke , Lumley and Gascoigne families . In 1607 the castle was bought by Thomas Liddell , a wealthy Newcastle-upon-Tyne merchant , and remained in the Liddell family for over 350 years .

In 1724 Sir Henry Liddell had a large mansion built in the courtyard, but Sir Thomas Liddell had it demolished in 1808 and replaced with a grand neo-Gothic house designed by John Nash . The Duke of Wellington was there in October 1827 as a guest.

The Liddell family gave up the castle as their seat around 1910. It was leased to a girls' school for a short time, but slowly fell into disrepair. Large parts were destroyed around 1952 by subsidence caused by mining. Some of the stones were used to expand Hindley Hall . English Heritage has added the ruinous remains to the Heritage at Risk Register .

Restoration Series

The castle appeared on the BBC television series Restoration . All 30 candidates in the series are also summarized in a book that was published after the series ended.

Individual evidence

  1. Ravensworth Castle . Images of England. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Phillip Wilkinson: Restoration - Discovering Britain's hidden architectural treasures . Headline Book Publishing, 2003. pp. 114-117.

Web links

Commons : Ravensworth Castle, Tyne and Wear  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 55 ′ 35.1 ″  N , 1 ° 38 ′ 19.5 ″  W.