Capheaton Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hutton; Kippetheton; Kippitheton

In the civil parish of Capheaton.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Tower, with moat and drawbridge, first mentioned in 1415, demolished in 1668 to make way for Robert Trollope designed, Baroque, Grade 1 listed house.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ03908047

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 21107

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N10481

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p269-70
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p31
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p39
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p51, 59
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p346
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p96-7
Hedley, W. Percy, 1968-70, Northumberland Families Vol1 p97-9,112
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p79
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p239
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p15, 28, 207
Hodgson, J.C., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol1 p213-30

Journal Articles

Riches, A., 1976, ''Capheaton Hall' Archaeological Journal Vol133 p169-73 [mainly concerned with later house]
1951-6, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol1 p343
1911-2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol5 p80-1
1901-2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol10 p59

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p344
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p65

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