Spofforth Castle, Ruins
SPOFFORTH CASTLE, RUINS, CASTLE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1149976
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Spofforth Castle, Ruins
- Statutory Address:
- SPOFFORTH CASTLE, RUINS, CASTLE STREET
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- 2001-08-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/05032/17
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1149976
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Spofforth Castle, Ruins
- Statutory Address 1:
- SPOFFORTH CASTLE, RUINS, CASTLE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SPOFFORTH CASTLE, RUINS, CASTLE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Spofforth with Stockeld
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 36027 51100
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330538
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bennett, R J A, Spofforth Castle, (1965)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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