Somerton Castle And Outbuilding To North-West

Somerton Castle, along with an outbuilding to the northwest, is a Grade I listed structure that represents the remains of a medieval castle that has been converted into a farmhouse. The castle dates from the early 14th century, with later additions from the late 16th century and the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed rubble, ashlar, and brick, and features plain tile and pantile roofs. A license to crenellate was granted to Antony Bele, Bishop of Durham, in 1281, and the castle was likely completed by 1305.

The structure includes a single surviving tower and an L-shaped wing added in the late 16th century, with further minor additions made in the 19th century. The southeast tower stands four storeys high and has a conical tiled roof, with blocked arrow slits and a single 14th-century window still visible. The three-storey late 16th-century wing to the east has roughly three bays, with irregularly placed casement windows under wooden lintels and a 19th-century panelled door. There are also two casement dormers and a single gabled bay to the east, which features a coped gable with a finial and three flush sash windows, likely from the early 18th century, set under 16th-century moulded hoods. Additionally, there is an early 19th-century two-storey brick extension to the north, along with a smaller two-storey and then single-storey range to the northeast, built from coursed rubble with a pantile roof. Notably, King John I of France was imprisoned here from 1359 to 1360.