Description

SE 35 SE SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD CASTLE STREET
(west side, off)

3/70 Spofforth Castle, ruins

II*

Ruins of fortified house. C13 with major rebuilding in C14 and C15.
Coursed sandstone and ashlar. 2 storeys on north side, single storey on
south - built against rock outcrop. 6 bays. First-floor hall with solar
above undercroft and kitchens. Stair turret at north-west corner. Entrance
to undercroft at north end of west side; rock-cut steps down to undercroft
from centre of east side. Windows include trefoil-pointed arched windows
and some with plate tracery. Chamfered plinth, continuous dripmould at
first-floor level. Buttresses with offsets, pointed stone roof with finial
to stair turret. Interior of undercroft has bases of octagonal piers and
rock-cut doorway. A scheduled Ancient Monument. For fuller description see
R J A Bennett et al 'Spofforth Castle', HMSO, 1965.

Listing NGR: SE3602751100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Spofforth Castle at Wikipedia
• Spofforth Castle official website
• Wikidata Q7578812

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings