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Name:Kirby Knowle Castle
NY SMR Number:MNY282
Type of record:Building
Last edited:Dec 29 2008 12:25PM

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 332563: KIRBY KNOWLE CASTLE
Grid Reference:SE 459 874
Parish:Kirby Knowle [2084]; Hambleton; NYMNP

Monument Type(s):

  • CASTLE (13th CENTURY to 16th Century - 1270 AD? to 1568 AD?)
  • HOUSE (17th Century to Modern - 1653 AD? to 2050 AD)

Other References/Statuses

Full description

The Castle WAS BUILT IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 13TH CENTURY AND PROBABLY HAD FOUR CORNER TOWERS, OF WHICH ONE REMAINS. IT WAS BURNT IN 1568 AND REPAIRED IN 1653-4. THE HOUSE WAS THOROUGHLY RESTORED IN 1875. Form: Extant Structure (11/1972) (1 - 4)


<1> 1923, Victoria County History North Riding, P45 (Monograph). SNY2111.


<2> Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Record Card, SE48NE14 (Card Index). SNY1.


<3> Greenwood, C, 08/2003, An Historical and Archaeological study of Kirby Knowle Castle (Report). SNY8832.


<4> English Heritage, 2005, Listed Building System data in MIDAS .xml format (Dataset). SNY10912.


<4> English Heritage, 2011, NMR Spatial Data Download in Shapefile Format (Dataset). SNY18450.

Sources and further reading

<1>SNY2111 - Monograph: 1923. Victoria County History North Riding. P45.
<2>SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. Various authors. SE48NE14 .
<3>SNY8832 - Report: Greenwood, C. 08/2003. An Historical and Archaeological study of Kirby Knowle Castle. Greenwood, C. 2004/10/20.
<4>SNY10912 - Dataset: English Heritage. 2005. Listed Building System data in MIDAS .xml format.
<4>SNY18450 - Dataset: English Heritage. 2011. NMR Spatial Data Download in Shapefile Format.

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