Whorlton Castle

festcu · Jan 12, 2009

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but its not owned by any of the heritage people and its definately rural.

Whorlton Castle was stayed at by Edward 2nd in the 1320's whilst hunting and was held by royalists during Cromwells time in charge. In 2005 there were plans by the owners to convert it back into a residence.
It now consists of the gatehouse, and behind that the cellars of an earlier castle.

A notch beside the gate - possibly to put a bar across to lock the gate?

The walls are eroding well now

The cellars of the older castle look like they are in almost constant use - lots of cans and it smelt of wee

Foxylady · Jan 12, 2009

Oh, that's nice. Love the gatehouse. Fabulous find.

spacepunk · Jan 12, 2009

Quality 2nd photo.
Nice find.

Neosea · Jan 12, 2009

Nice find, thanks for the fotos

smileysal · Jan 12, 2009

Another excellent find. Love the pictures. I can see a grill in the base of one of the towers (at least I think it's a tower lol). I wonder if English Heritage own it instead of the National Trust? As an old hall not too far away from me, Sutton Scarsdale Hall, is in a similar condition, and is owned by English Heritage. Just wondered.

Excellent pics,

Sal

ps, just found these snippets on the castle.

http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English sites/2192.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3341919/Castle-for-keeps.html

http://www.ecastles.co.uk/whorlton.html

festcu · Jan 12, 2009

smileysal said:
I can see a grill in the base of one of the towers

There is a spiral staircase, accessible from the outside, and this grill is to block it off, so that access to the upper levels is stopped (or at least a lot more difficult)

Jimspeed13 · Jan 12, 2009

You just need to know how to get into the uper part of castle. There is a flight of stairs in the wall from the first floor to the second then you can climb on to the walls up to the highst point which i did only it was a bit windy and a long way down so didn't stay out in the open to long.