Cowton Castle

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NZ 20 SE 2/25

SOUTH COWTON Cowton Castle

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I Castle now farmhouse. Late C15 with C19 alterations. Parapet of south-west tower rebuilt in 1980. For Sir Richard Conyers. Rubblestone with ashlar dressings. Concrete tile roof. Rectangular with south-west and north-east towers and rebuilt outshut on the west side. Three storeys, towers four storeys.

North-east elevation: four bays. Ground floor: four-centred-arched door with two-light plate traceried overlight and hoodmould. Windows in chamfered-quoined surrounds. To left three-light plate-traceried window with hoodmould. To right, a two-shouldered-arch-light window. First floor: three-light window with relieving arch to left. Central two-light window with relieving arch. To right two-shouldered-arch-light window with single-light window above and below. Stair tower on right has one-light pointed-arch windows with flat hoodmoulds. Carved stone panel in between first-and second-floor windows. Embattled parapets. South-west elevation has two-light window and three-light window, chamfered, with cusped-pointed arches and flat hoodmoulds.

Interior: north-east tower has spiral stone stair .

Sir Richard Conyers was granted an annuity by Richard m for services rendered during the War of the Roses. Then the Bowes family lived at the castle until 1605. Sir George Bowes, Provost Marshall to Queen Elizabeth I, suppressed the Rising of the North in 1569. Information from article in possession of occupant.

Listing NGR: NZ2945202382