List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: WHORLTON CASTLE GATEHOUSE
List Entry Number: 1151332
Location
WHORLTON CASTLE GATEHOUSE, CASTLE BANK
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: North Yorkshire
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Whorlton
National Park: NORTH YORK MOORS
Grade: I
Date first listed: 23-Jun-1966
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 333224
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
NZ 40 SE WHORLTON CASTLE BANK
9/165 Whorlton Castle
23/6/66 Gatehouse
GV I
Gatehouse of motte-and-bailey castle of which no other building
survives but some vaulted undercrofts (q.v.). Late C14, altered in
C16. Sandstone ashlar on high chamfered plinth; roofless and
floorless. Rectangular plan shows central through-passage,with
springing of a high vault remaining, and one large room at either
side on each floor, surrounded by small mural chambers.
3 storeys, 3 wide bays. Segment-arched entrance in 2 planes, the
outer curved, the inner chamfered. Modern wood lattice filling
with wicket door. 3 shields in cusped panels above. Flanking
first-floor cross windows in chamfered reveals and similar top-
floor windows. Scattered slits and small single lights. Second-
floor drip bands. Plainer rear elevations with 2 blocked doorways
and scattered slits. One cross window at top right and a 2-light
window (lost mullion) at top left. Drawbar tunnel in doorway and
later pintles. Round-arched door to projecting staircase tower on
left, which holds newel stair broken at the top.
Interior: Caernarvon arches to several mural chambers, some of
them garderobes, represent the original building period, as do the
wide splays and segmental rere-arches of the smaller windows.
Later, larger doorways and windows have Tudor rere-arches. Wall-
passages missing in places, but first-floor and ground-floor
fireplaces and chimneys remain. Ribs of the central vault have a
single hollow chamfer, probably also original.
Signs of later buildings, now gone, both inside and out.
Scheduled Ancient Monument County No 115.
Listing NGR: NZ4811702472
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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 48122 02469
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