Halton Castle is a

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and

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situated close to

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to the north of the village of

Corbridge Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle and east of Hexham. Villages nearby include Halton, Northumberland, Halton, Acomb, Northumberland, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe. Etymology Corbridge was k ...

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. The tower was first recorded in 1382 and it is still present today. It has four storeys and a basement with a stone vault. In the 15th century a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

was built onto the north side of the tower giving it a T-shaped plan. In about 1696 much of this building was demolished by the then owner John Douglas and replaced with the present five-bay residence. In 1757 Anne Douglas the heiress of Halton married Sir Edward Blackett and the castle remains a residence of the Blackett family.

References

Halton Castle at "Keys to the Past" (Northumberland County Council)
*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980.

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* Houses completed in the 14th century Towers completed in the 14th century Castles in Northumberland Peel towers in Northumberland Grade I listed buildings in Northumberland Grade I listed castles History of Northumberland {{Northumberland-struct-stub