Listed building outline

Etal Castle Great Tower

Field Value Fact links
Reference 1042183 Facts
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts
Name Etal Castle Great Tower Facts
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Northumberland County Council no fact link
Start date 1988-03-10 no fact link
End date no fact link
Entry date 1988-03-10 Facts
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.120772 55.647351, -2.12075 55.647367, -2.120785 55.647382, -2.120927 55.647279, -2.1208 55.647223, -2.12067 55.64732, -2.120689 55.647329, -2.120677 55.647338, -2.120696 55.647346, -2.120721 55.647328, -2.120772 55.647351), (-2.120867 55.647283, -2.120796 55.647331, -2.120743 55.647306, -2.120816 55.647258, -2.120867 55.647283))) Facts
Point POINT (-2.120796 55.647301) Facts
Notes FORD ETAL NT 9239 16/83 Etal Castle: Great Tower GV I Great Tower at north-west corner of castle, now detached from other ruins. Licence to crenellate 1342 for the Manners family. Squared stone. 4 storeys, 46 x 32 feet. The tower had a forebuilding on east side which contained the ground-floor entry and a newel stair; its footings remain. The rest of the tower stands to eaves height. Chamfered plinth and chamfered offsets above 2nd floor. On ground floor one small arched vent in west wall. Above, on each floor a 2-light transomed window with cusped heads to lights. Similar windows on south side and probably on north side also, though there the details have gone. The east side, formerly within the forebuilding has, on ground floor, a broad arched doorway with continuous chamfer. Above, symmetrically arranged, 2 narrower arched doorways on each floor. Interior: The ground floor had a pointed tunnel vault with 7 chamfered transverse ribs. The springing remains. Large segmental-arched fireplaces on 1st and 2nd floors. The large windows have segmental rere arches, some of the smaller windows triangular rere arches. Northumberland County History: Vol.XI. AM 70. , Facts
Listed building 1042183 Facts

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