Egremont Castle
EGREMONT CASTLE, GREEN DYKES
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1137138
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Egremont Castle
- Statutory Address:
- EGREMONT CASTLE, GREEN DYKES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1137138
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Egremont Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- EGREMONT CASTLE, GREEN DYKES
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- EGREMONT CASTLE, GREEN DYKES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Egremont
- National Grid Reference:
- NY0097010454
Details
NY 01 SW (INSET) EGREMONT GREEN DYKES (South
side)
9/27 Egremont Castle
9.3.67
G.V. I
Castle. Mid C12 with later additions and alterations. 1st castle established
by Walter de Meschines c1120; west wall and gatehouse earliest surviving work
(mid C12). Sandstone blocks on chamfered plinth; west wall incorporates
extensive sections of herringbone masonry and retains some embrasures. Keep, to
north end of mound, with courtyard; all ruinous. West gateway has round-headed
entrance arch; internally, a column in each corner carries remains of domical
rib-vault. South wall of keep rebuilt mid C13; doorway on left retains
portcullis and draw-bar slots. For plan and detailed description see Knowles
and Jackson in Transactions of Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &
Archaeological Society, Old Series Vol. 6, pp 162A-D. Scheduled Ancient
Monument.
Listing NGR: NY0097010454
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76123
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society in Transactions Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Vol. 6, (), 162
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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