Langley Castle
LANGLEY CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1154672
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Langley Castle
- Statutory Address:
- LANGLEY CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1154672
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Langley Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- LANGLEY CASTLE
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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:
- LANGLEY CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Haydon
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 83476 62473
Details
NY 86 SW HAYDON LANGLEY
9/55 Langley Castle 20/10/52
I
Castle, c.1350 restored by Cadwallader Bates c. 1900. Squared stone, roofs not visible. Large and impressive tower-house consisting of a rectangular 4-storeyed central block with square 5-storey angle towers projecting from the longer east and west faces. Later C14 forebuilding containing entrance and newel stair set in re-entrant angle of south-east tower and east front. East elevation with pointed double-chamfered entrance arch in forebuilding and various windows, some restored. South elevation with twin stepped buttresses capped by corbelled-out circular bartizans. Central door and flanking windows and 1st floor windows C19, other windows C14, some restored. Garderobe projections with arched openings on south and west side of base of south-west tower. West elevation has a variety of traceried windows, some C19 and some restored C14. All ground floor openings Cl9. North elevation similar to south, C19 ground floor door, restored C14 windows. Embattled parapets, bartizans and turrets all C19 although probably a reasonably correct restoration. Interior; all floors and woodwork C19, C14 doorways, fireplaces, vaulted guardrooms in forebuilding etc. Elaborate garderobe arrangements in south-west tower.
Probably the finest tower-house in Northumberland, Langley Castle is thought to have been built by Sir Thomas de Lucy and later belonged to the Earl of Northumberland. It was already a roofless ruin in 1541 but remained a tolerably intact shell until Bates' restoration.
J.H. Parker 'Domestic Architecture in England' II 1853 332-334 C. Bates 'The Barony and Castle ofLangley' Arch. Aeliana X 1885 38-56
Listing NGR: NY8347662473
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 239305
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Parker, J H, Domestic Architecture in England, (1853), 332-334
Archaeologia Aeliana in Archaeologia Aeliana, Vol. 10, (1885), 38-56
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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