- Barmoor Castle
Barmoor Castle ( gbmapping|NT99723988) is a privately owned 19th century country house built on an ancient site in
Northumberland . It is aGrade II* listed building .Muschamp family
After the
Norman Conquest the Manor of Barmoor was granted to theMuschamp family who built atower house on the site. A licence tocrenellate the house was granted byEdward III on 17 May 1341. A 1541 survey described the house as ' in extreme decay and almost ruinous for lack of reparations'. Some repairs and improvements were carried out in 1584 but the Muschamps experienced financial difficulties, and following the death of George Muschamp in 1649 the estate was sold to William Carr ofEtal to satisfy the demands of creditors.itwell family
After 1702 the estate changed hands several times until in 1791 it was acquired by inheritance by Francis Hurt Sitwell. The Sitwells engaged architect John Patterson of Edinburgh and in 1801 built the present substantial
castellated Gothic revival mansion on the site of and incorporating some existing stonework of the old house. Later improvements and extensions were carried out in the 1890s.Present day
The present owner occupiers acquired the house and 200 acres in the 1980s from where they operate a caravan and holiday park.
References
* "The History and Antiquities of North Durham" Rev James Raine MA (1825) pp266/7
* [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/2718.html Barmoor Castle]
* [http://www.barmoorcastle.co.uk/history.html History of Barmoor Castle]
* [http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/BarmoorCastle.html Images of Barmoor Castle]
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