Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (grid reference NZ049615). Bywell is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham The River Tyne is a River in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers the North Tyne and the South Tyne. Corbridge is a small town in Northumberland, England, situated 16 miles (25 km west of Newcastle and 4 miles (6 km east of Hexham Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument[1]
It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a 'nationally important' Archaeological site or historic building given protection against unauthorised change The title of Earl of Westmorland has been created several times in the Peerage of England. The impressive three storey gatehouse remains. A gatehouse is a feature of European Castles Manor houses and Mansions Originally a gatehouse was a fortified structure built over the gateway [2] together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed)[3]
The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors
References
- Images of Bywell Castle & short history
- Bywell Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
External links
- Map sources for Bywell Castle
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