Ayton Castle is a Grade I listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. A Medieval Castle.
Ayton Castle
- WRENN ID
- nether-baluster-sparrow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1967
- Type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
the entry for
WEST AYTON CASTLE RISE SE 9885 7/37 (north side, off) Ayton Castle Shall be amended to
SE 9885 WEST AYTON CASTLE RISE 7/37 northside, off) 18.1.67 Ayton Castle
WEST AYTON CASTLE RISE SE 9885 (north side, off) 7/37 Ayton Castle - I
Pele tower, ruinated. Late C14. Sandstone ashlar. Rectangular, 2-cell plan 21 metres by 13.5 metres. Originally 3 storeys, on a chamfered plinth, each storey off-set with a chamfered string course. Pointed doorway flanked by square-headed window openings with chamfered quoined surrounds. Upper machicolation survives to east corner only. Interior: both ground floor rooms have depressed pointed tunnel vaults supported on chamfered transverse ribs. The surviving windows are deeply splayed. Staircases rise within the walls, to the left of the entrance, and from the inner room. Very rare building type in this part of Northern England. Scheduled Ancient Monument, No 144. The Victoria County History of the Counties of England: Yorkshire, North Riding, Vol II, p 441. F Rimington and J Rutter "Ayton Castle, its History and Excavation", Scarborough Archaeological Society Research Report Number 5, 1967.
Listing NGR: SE9876585091
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