Outer Bailey Walls And Attached Farmbuildings is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. A Medieval Castle.
Outer Bailey Walls And Attached Farmbuildings
- WRENN ID
- shifting-sill-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CORBRIDGE AYDON NZ 0066 19/98 Aydon Castle. Outer bailey walls and attached farmbuildings
GV I
Curtain wall with towers, and later farmbuildings. C14, farmbuildings early C19. Rubble with dressings; stone slate roofs. Irregular pentagonal enclosure. South curtain west of main block has chamfered C17 doorway and remains of 4 C14 windows each of 2 shoulder-arched lights. North end of west curtain canted forward with blocked shoulder-arched postern. North-west curtain has segmental- headed gateway and corbelled-out garderobes on either side of projecting rectangular tower. D-shaped tower at north angle reduced to barrel-vaulted lower stage, with pointed-arched doorway to bailey. North-east and east curtains much reduced.
Farmbuilding adjacent to inner face of west curtain 2 storeys, 3 wide bays. Boarded doors between bays, varied fenestration in old openings. North end built against ruined C14 wall, with gap representing former gateway, which links to north-west range of main buildings (q.v.). Former cartshed, adjacent to north-east curtain 1 storey, 6 bays. Square stone piers with chamfered caps carrying timber lintels; pent roof. Contemporary pent privy adjacent to west end.
Listing NGR: NZ0010866291
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