Whittingham Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Whyttyngane; Wittynggam; Whittingame

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

Whittingham Tower was probably built in the late C13 or early C14. It is three storeys in height. The medieval parts are of large squared stone. On the east this extends only to the first floor level, elsewhere it reaches up to the second floor. At the south end of the east wall a few steps rise to a C19 doorway with two inscriptions, on recording alterations carried out in 1845. A cottage was built next to it in C18 or early C19. The two buildings were turned into almshouses in 1845 by Lady Ravensworth.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU06921188

Sources of information, references and further reading

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N3251

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p157-9
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p110
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p33
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p344
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p351
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p172-3
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p228-9
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p503-4
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Dixon, D.D., 1895. Whittingham Vale (Newcastle)
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 24, 42
Hodgson, J.C., 1828, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt3 Vol2 p210
Hodgson, J.C., 1820, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt3 Vol1 p28

Journal Articles

1899, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol9 p91-2

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

1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [Click here]
1509 Survey of Tevedale [Click here]
1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]

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