More information : (SE 7163 6996) Henderskelfe Castle (NR) (Site of)(NAT) (1)
(SE 7151 7006) Henderskelfe Castle (NR) (Site of)(NAT) (2)
Henderskelfe Castle, built in the reign of Edward III by the Greystoke family, was in ruins in 1359. It was rebuilt in 1683 but was destroyed by fire in 1693. (3-5) The remains of Hinderskelfe Castle, together with the village (SE 77 SW 11) and the church (SE 77 SW 12) was destroyed to make way for Castle Howard house in the years following 1699. Barley's redrawn central portion of the 1694 estate map (see SE 77 SW 11) shows the relationship between the castle and the present Castle Howard which is shown as a superimposed pecked outline. The true position of the former castle would therefore be at SE 7151 7006 (as shown on OS 6" 1958) and not at the original Ordnance Survey 1889 location at SE7163 6996. Barley added that if the castle had been located at the latter position it would have interfered with the making of the formal gardens which proceeded alongside the building of Castle Howard house. (6)
Listed by Cathcart King as a vanished castle. In Leland's time it was described as a quadrangular castle. (7) |