Corby Castle
CORBY CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1087717
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-1957
- Statutory Address:
- CORBY CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1087717
- Date first listed:
- 01-Apr-1957
- Statutory Address 1:
- CORBY CASTLE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CORBY CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cumbria
- District:
- Carlisle (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wetheral
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 47089 54201
Details
WETHERAL GREAT CORBY NY 4754 15/137 Corby Castle
1. 4.57. I Castle. C13 tower house encased in later buildings: additions c1630 and c1690, with present facade built between April 1812 and September 1817, by Peter Nicholson for Henry Howard. Red sandstone ashlar, slate roofs. 3 storeys, 5 bays to south front, which has tetrastyle Greek Doric porch, flanked by arcaded loggia above which is a central tripartite window and a Diocletian window on 2nd floor. West face of 3 storeys, 7 bays, has open Greek Doric loggia connected to central recessed bays: both facades have cornice surmounted by the Corby lion (heraldic device of the Howard family). Interior includes; Grecian entrance hall with moulded plasterwork to ceilings and niches; 1720's main staircase of 3 flights, with twisted balusters and ramped handrail; medieval spiral staircase in original tower; mural paintings of Alpine scenes by Matthew Nutter of Carlisle, in bedrooms. Set in grounds laid-out between 1708 and 1729 by Thomas Howard, incorporating many buildings and features listed separately. See Country Life, 7 January 1954, p.32-35, 14 January, p.92-95.
Listing NGR: NY4708954201
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 77719
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 14 January, (1954), 92-95
Country Life in 7 January, (1954), 32-35
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 9 Cumbria,
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