Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (grid reference NZ049615). It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument[1]
It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. The impressive three storey gatehouse remains.[2] together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed).[3]
The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors.
Bywell Castle gave its name to a collier which ploughed into the SS Princess Alice on the River Thames in September 1878, sinking her within minutes. Nearly 700 lives were lost in that disaster.
References[]
- Images of Bywell Castle & short history
- Bywell Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
External links[]
- Map sources for Bywell Castle
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