Description

NORTH SUNDERLAND INNER FARNE
NU 23 NW
Farne Islands
5/176 Prior Castell's
Tower
22.12.69
GV I
Tower house. Said (by Leland) to be for Robert Castell, Prior of Durham
1494-1519, but appears to incorporate earlier work. Random rubble with
chamfered plinth. 3 storeys. Round-headed doorway on south side. Offset
above 1st floor. Castellated parapet with higher stair turret in south-west
corner which has 2 very small lancets to the stairs.
On north side 3 scattered early C19 windows with pointed-arched heads and
intersecting glazing bars.
Interior: keeled tunnel-vaulted ground floor with well in the corner.
Mural stair to 2nd floor given handrail, splat balusters and newels with
incised Gothick decoration.
1st floor room has trefoiled piscina. Garderobe with seat. 2 C18 segmental-
arched fireplaces, one incorporating earlier stonework. The original room
divided in two by screen of mid C18 panelling with 2 segmental-arched cupboards.

Listing NGR: NU2178435996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527679

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record