Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 History  





2 Restoration series  





3 See also  





4 References  





5 External links  














Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley






Dansk
Deutsch
Français
Gaeilge
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 





Coordinates: 54°5535N 1°3819W / 54.9264°N 1.6387°W / 54.9264; -1.6387
 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

(Redirected from Ravensworth Castle (Tyne and Wear))

Ravensworth Castle
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Ravensworth Castle is located in Tyne and Wear
Ravensworth Castle

Ravensworth Castle

Coordinates54°55′35N 1°38′19W / 54.9264°N 1.6387°W / 54.9264; -1.6387
Grid referencegrid reference NZ23255914
Site information
ConditionRuined

Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells.

History[edit]

The castle may have started as a solar tower, which could have been added to an existing manor house approximately 1315. Further towers appear to have been added incrementally throughout the course of the fourteenth century.[1]

Early owners included Fitz-Marmaduke, Viscount Lumley and Gascoigne. In 1607, the castle was purchased by Thomas Liddell, a wealthy Newcastle-upon-Tyne merchant.[2][3] Liddell and his family would hold onto the estate for the following 300 years, much of their fortune would come from coal mining on the land, beginning in the early 17th century.[1]

In 1724 Sir Henry Liddell built a substantial mansion within the curtilage of the castle, but this was demolished in 1808 by Sir Thomas Liddell, and replaced by a grand house designed in the Gothic Revival style by architect John Nash. The Duke of Wellington was entertained there in October 1827.[1]

Georgiana, Lady Bloomfield, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddell wrote about visiting the castle in 1831, while still in her childhood.[4]

Around 1935, the family began mining for coal directly under the house, with demolition of the building starting around the same time. The intention was to use the wreckage to build a model village, but with the interruption of World War II, only three houses were created.[1] The majority of the house had been demolished by 1953.[5]

Restoration series[edit]

The castle was featured in the BBC's television programme Restoration. All thirty candidates from the series also featured in a book which was produced after the series.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ravensworth: Castle and Estate: Conservation Plan: Final Report" (PDF). North of England Civic Trust. April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  • ^ Historic England. "RAVENSWORTH CASTLE, Lamesley (1025190)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  • ^ Henderson, Tony. "Ravensworth Castle: Experts to investigate historic at-risk castle - The Journal". www.thejournal.co.uk.
  • ^ Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life (2 vols.), 1883: record of Georgiana's life, career as a courtier and the wife of a diplomat.
  • ^ "RAVENSWORTH CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM". Gatehouse Gazetter. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  • ^ Wilkinson, Phillip (2003) "Restoration - Discovering Britain's hidden architectural treasures" Headline Book Publishing, Pages 114-117.
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ravensworth_Castle,_Lamesley&oldid=1083680771"

    Categories: 
    Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Tyne and Wear
    Houses in Tyne and Wear
    Grade II* listed buildings in Tyne and Wear
    Grade II* listed castles
    Grade II listed buildings in Tyne and Wear
    Grade II listed castles
    Castles in Tyne and Wear
    Scheduled monuments in Tyne and Wear
    Ruins in Tyne and Wear
    Hidden categories: 
    Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
    Use dmy dates from April 2022
    Coordinates on Wikidata
    Articles with OS grid coordinates
     



    This page was last edited on 20 April 2022, at 03:23 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki