Bywell Castle

Bywell Castle

Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (gbmapping|NZ049615). It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument [ [http://www.ecastles.co.uk/philipdavis/English%20sites/2443.html Gatehouse Gazetteer] ]

It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. The impressive three storey gatehouse remains. [ [http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N10061 Keys to the Past: Castle] ] together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed) [ [http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N10102 Keys to the Past: Castle House] ]

The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors

References

* [http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/BywellCastle.html Images of Bywell Castle & short history]
* [http://www.ecastles.co.uk/bywell.html Bywell Castle]
*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, "The David & Charles Book of Castles", David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

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