Remains of Castle Curtain Wall and Tower Incorporated in Bywell Castle House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Castle remains.
Remains of Castle Curtain Wall and Tower Incorporated in Bywell Castle House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-oriel-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Castle remains
- OS grid reference
- NZ 049 618
- Coordinates
- 54.95084, -1.9239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of a castle curtain wall and tower, dating from the early 15th century, are incorporated into Bywell Castle House, which was remodeled in the 19th century and again in 1912 and later. The structure is built of squared stone. The south wall of the house connects to the left with a gatehouse. It features a chamfered plinth and various 20th-century openings, including one blocked square-headed window above a 20th-century doorway. To the right, a projecting wing incorporates the castle's gun house, which has a double plinth on the south side and a chamfered window above a later lintel. The medieval masonry extends to a 20th-century doorway on the right return, with a circular gun loop positioned above the plinth. The interior has not been seen, but it is said that the basement vault of the gun house survives. The rest of the house is not considered to be of special interest.
Local climate
Remains of Castle Curtain Wall and Tower Incorporated in Bywell Castle House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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