Ruins Of Slingsby Castle is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Castle.

Ruins Of Slingsby Castle

WRENN ID: crumbling-rafter-jet
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 25 January 1954
Type: Castle
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE 6974 10/157 25.1.54

SLINGSBY HIGH STREET (west side) Ruins of Slingsby Castle

GV II

Ruins of country house. 1620s. For Sir Charles Cavendish, probably by John Smythson. Limestone rubble brought to course, ashlar dressings. Oblong on plan with corner projections. Originally 2 storeys, 5 bays, with projecting stair turrets to angles. Window openings with quoined jambs under tooled triangular pediments. Remains of first-floor cornice with decorated band. Corner turrets and parts of side walls surviving to 2 storeys in places. This building was probably never finished as Sir Charles Cavendish fled to the continent with his brother the Duke of Newcastle, in 1644. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Brooke A St C, Slingsby and Slingsby Castle, 1904. Pevsner N, Yorkshire: The North Riding, 1966.

Listing NGR: SE6962774896

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