Lindisfarne Castle Holy Island, England
Listed Building Data
Lindisfarne Castle has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1042306
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 6 May 1952
- Name
- LINDISFARNE CASTLE
- Location
- LINDISFARNE CASTLE
- Parish
- Holy Island
- District
- Northumberland
- Grid Reference
- NU 13638 41751
- Easting
- 413638.0000
- Northing
- 641751.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
NU 1341 HOLY ISLAND BEBLOWE
12/21 Lindisfarne Castle 6/5/52 (formerly listed as Holy Island Castle) GV I
Castle. C16 converted into house 1902 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson. Sandstone and whinstone with pantiled roofs. Irregular polygonal plan on 3 levels of former batteries, in dramatic situation.
South side has cobbled ramp up to entrance with Tudor-style surround, portcullis and oak door. Scattered fenestration with chamfered mullioned windows under original relieving arches. To right of door a projecting section on original corbels has Lutyen's cruciform arrow slits. Projecting stone water spouts.
North side has similar windows and also 3 large round-headed windows with Decorated tracery. Former garderobe tower with pyramidal roof to left. To right, on upper battery, higher building with semi-octagonal end and mullioned windows.
Irregular roofs including prominent hipped roof with hipped dormers to middle battery. Tall clustered octagonal chimneys with stepped tops.
Interior has several C16 doorways. Also C16 vaulted passages. 2 rooms at lowest level have steeply-pointed tunnel vaults.
Other features by Lutyens, including entrance hall with round piers and segmental arches dying into imposts; many fireplaces in Tudor style, panelling and doors with characteristic latches, moulded beams and decorative brick floors.
A National Trust Property.
Lindisfarne Castle: Peter Orde. The National Trust 1983.
Listing NGR: NU1363841751
