Spofforth Castle, Ruins is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Ruins.
Spofforth Castle, Ruins
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-baluster-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1985
- Type
- Ruins
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 35 SE SPOFFORTH WITH STOCKELD CASTLE STREET (west side, off) 3/70 Spofforth Castle, ruins
II*
Ruins of fortified house. C13 with major rebuilding in C14 and C15. Coursed sandstone and ashlar. 2 storeys on north side, single storey on south - built against rock outcrop. 6 bays. First-floor hall with solar above undercroft and kitchens. Stair turret at north-west corner. Entrance to undercroft at north end of west side; rock-cut steps down to undercroft from centre of east side. Windows include trefoil-pointed arched windows and some with plate tracery. Chamfered plinth, continuous dripmould at first-floor level. Buttresses with offsets, pointed stone roof with finial to stair turret. Interior of undercroft has bases of octagonal piers and rock-cut doorway. A scheduled Ancient Monument. For fuller description see R J A Bennett et al 'Spofforth Castle', HMSO, 1965.
Listing NGR: SE3602751100
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