Bywell Castle


Bywell Castle, Northumberland
Photo © Dennis Lovett, 28 July 2005

Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument

It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. The impressive three storey gatehouse remains together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed)

The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors

References

  • Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

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