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Construction of Langley Castle began in 1350 by Sir Thomas de Lucy and was completed in 1364. It is not known if it was Scot raiders, the Percy family, or King Henry IV’s own troops that destroyed the wooden interior of Langley Castle by fire in 1405, but the 7ft stone walls remained. The imposing fortress seen from the main road between Haydon Bridge and Alston, was in its heyday, the heart of a barony of some 13,000 acres. The History of Langley Castle Interior 1882 (unchanged from 1405) Exterior 1882 It formed a rough square bounded on the north by Stane- gate, on the east, running south from Allerwash, by Allen- dale Common and Staward Woods, and on the west by the Allen River and Whitechapel Burn. Additionally isolated pockets contained the manors of Fourstones and Warden to the east and Blenkinsopp and Featherstone to the west. In 1882 the Castle was purchased by local histori- an and former High Sheriff of Northumberland, Cadwallader Bates, who, working with his wife, Josephine, restored the interior to its original con- dition. In 1986 Dr Stuart Madnick purchased Langley Castle, and Langley Castle was converted it into a luxury Hotel and Restaurant. Recently, in 2007, the titles of Baron of Langley and Lord of the Manor of Lang- ley were reunited with Langley Castle itself. (The previous two barons were beheaded and their titles had been taken by the Crown.) Present Day The Garderobe Tower Garderobe Stairs Portcullis Boss Spiral Staircase Stone Arch Langley Castle boasts many other architectural features from the original portcullis boss to a stone spiral staircase. Many of these may be found on our battlement tour. Be sure to look for the mason marks. Other Architectural Features This tower is the most interest- ing facet of the Castle, as it was totally dedicated to Garderobes (medieval latrines) on an al- most monumental scale. This lavish provision was a rare facility in castles and houses of this period. There are twelve Garderobes, four on each floor, each having a pointed arch to the recess, in which are stone corbels to carry the seats. The shafts discharged into a pit below, through which a stream of water could be diverted to flush it clean. The number of Garderobes suggests that Langley Castle was intended from its inception to be well garrisoned, be- ing more than just a family residence. Experts have re- ported that the Garderobes within Langley Castle are perhaps the finest remaining examples of this type and style of architecture in Europe. The Garderobes 14th Century Splendour Langley Castle Hotel, Langley on Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland NE47 5LU T: 01434 688888 E: [email protected] Join us on the Langley GUIDED Tour Daily at 10.15am £ 4.95 per Adult, Children Free Booking Essential SEE Authentic 14th Century Castle Magnificent Drawing Room Extensive Medieval Garderobes Restored Rooftop Chapel Rooftop Battlements Outstanding Views of Countryside and Hadrian’s Wall ARCHITECTURE AND BATTLEMENTS TOUR
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Con
stru
ctio
n of
Lan
gley
Cas
tle
bega
n in
135
0 by
Sir
Thom
as d
e Lu
cy
and
was
co
mpl
eted
in
13
64.
It is
not
kno
wn
if it
was
S
cot r
aide
rs, t
he P
ercy
fam
ily, o
r K
ing
Hen
ry IV
’s o
wn
troop
s th
at
de
stro
yed
the
woo
den
inte
rior o
f La
ngle
y C
astle
by
fire
in 1
405,
bu
t the
7ft
ston
e w
alls
rem
aine
d.
The
impo
sing
fortr
ess
seen
from
th
e m
ain
road
bet
wee
n H
aydo
n B
ridge
and
Als
ton,
was
in
its
heyd
ay, t
he h
eart
of a
bar
ony
of
som
e 13
,000
acr
es.
The
His
tory
of L
angl
ey C
astle
Inte
rior 1
882
(unc
hang
ed fr
om 1
405)
Exte
rior 1
882
It fo
rmed
a r
ough
squ
are
boun
ded
on t
he n
orth
by
Sta
ne-
gate
, on
the
eas
t, ru
nnin
g so
uth
from
Alle
rwas
h, b
y A
llen-
dale
Com
mon
and
Sta
war
d W
oods
, and
on
the
wes
t by
the
Alle
n R
iver
and
Whi
tech
apel
Bur
n. A
dditi
onal
ly i
sola
ted
pock
ets
cont
aine
d th
e m
anor
s of
Fou
rsto
nes
and
War
den
to th
e ea
st a
nd B
lenk
inso
pp a
nd F
eath
erst
one
to th
e w
est.
In
1882
th
e C
astle
w
as
purc
hase
d by
loca
l his
tori-
an a
nd fo
rmer
Hig
h S
herif
f of
N
orth
umbe
rland
,
Cad
wal
lade
r B
ates
, w
ho,
wor
king
w
ith
his
wife
, Jo
seph
ine,
re
stor
ed
the
inte
rior
to it
s or
igin
al c
on-
ditio
n.
In 1
986
Dr
Stu
art M
adni
ck p
urch
ased
Lan
gley
Cas
tle, a
nd
Lang
ley
Cas
tle w
as c
onve
rted
it in
to a
lux
ury
Hot
el a
nd
Res
taur
ant.
Rec
ently
, in
2
007,
th
e tit
les
of B
aron
of
Lang
ley
and
Lord
of
the
Man
or o
f La
ng-
ley
wer
e re
unite
d w
ith
Lang
ley
Cas
tle
itsel
f. (T
he p
revi
ous
two
baro
ns
wer
e be
head
ed a
nd t
heir
title
s ha
d be
en ta
ken
by th
e C
row
n.)
Pres
ent D
ay
The
Gar
dero
be T
ower
Gar
dero
be S
tairs
Port
culli
s B
oss
Spira
l Sta
ircas
e St
one
Arc
h
Lang
ley
Cas
tle b
oast
s m
any
othe
r ar
chite
ctur
al f
eatu
res
from
the
orig
inal
por
tcul
lis b
oss
to a
sto
ne s
pira
l sta
ircas
e.
Man
y of
thes
e m
ay b
e fo
und
on o
ur b
attle
men
t tou
r.
Be
sure
to lo
ok fo
r the
mas
on m
arks
.
Oth
er A
rchi
tect
ural
Fea
ture
s
This
tow
er is
the
mos
t int
eres
t-in
g fa
cet o
f the
Cas
tle, a
s it
was
to
tally
ded
icat
ed to
Gar
dero
bes
(med
ieva
l la
trine
s)
on
an
al-
mos
t mon
umen
tal s
cale
. Th
is la
vish
pro
visi
on w
as a
rare
fa
cilit
y in
cas
tles
and
hous
es o
f th
is p
erio
d.
Ther
e ar
e tw
elve
Gar
dero
bes,
fo
ur o
n ea
ch fl
oor,
each
hav
ing
a po
inte
d ar
ch to
the
rece
ss, i
n w
hich
are
sto
ne c
orbe
ls to
car
ry
the
seat
s.
The
shaf
ts d
isch
arge
d in
to a
pit
belo
w,
thro
ugh
whi
ch a
st
ream
of w
ater
cou
ld b
e di
verte
d to
flus
h it
clea
n.
The
num
ber
of G
arde
robe
s su
gges
ts th
at L
angl
ey C
astle
w
as in
tend
ed fr
om it
s in
cept
ion
to b
e w
ell g
arris
oned
, be-
ing
mor
e th
an ju
st a
fam
ily re
side
nce.
E
xper
ts
have
re
-po
rted
that
th
e G
arde
robe
s w
ithin
La
ngle
y C
astle
are
pe
rhap
s th
e fin
est
rem
aini
ng e
xam
ples
of
th
is
type
an
d st
yle
of a
rchi
tect
ure
in E
urop
e.
The
Gar
dero
bes
14th
Cen
tury
Spl
endo
ur
Lang
ley
Cas
tle H
otel
, Lan
gley
on
Tyne
, H
exha
m, N
orth
umbe
rland
N
E47
5LU
T:
014
34 6
8888
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: man
ager
@la
ngle
ycas
tle.c
om
Join
us
on t
he L
angl
ey G
UID
ED
Tou
r D
aily
at
10.1
5am
£ 4.
95 p
er A
dult
, Chi
ldre
n Fr
ee
Boo
king
Ess
enti
al
SE
E
A
uthe
ntic
14t
h C
entu
ry C
astl
e
Mag
nifi
cent
Dra
win
g R
oom
Ext
ensi
ve M
edie
val G
arde
robe
s
Res
tore
d R
ooft
op C
hape
l
Roo
ftop
Bat
tlem
ents
Out
stan
ding
Vie
ws
of C
ount
rysi
de
and
Had
rian
’s W
all
AR
CH
ITE
CT
UR
E A
ND
BA
TT
LEM
EN
TS
TO
UR
Lang
ley
Cas
tle C
hape
l now
rena
med
“T
he C
adw
alla
der B
ates
Mem
oria
l Roo
m”
The
Lang
ley
Cas
tle B
attle
men
ts
The
Lang
ley
Cas
tle B
attle
men
ts
Cad
wal
lade
r Ba
tes
be-
gan
the
mon
umen
tal
task
of
re
stor
atio
n in
18
82.
Trag
ical
ly,
he
died
in 1
902,
and
rest
o-ra
tion
was
not
com
plet
-ed
unt
il 19
14 u
nder
the
di
rect
ion
of
his
wife
, Jo
seph
ine.
The
Cha
pel 1
914
Jose
phin
e Ba
tes
pers
onal
ly s
uper
vise
d th
e fin
al s
tage
s of
Cad
wal
lade
r’s
wor
k an
d, w
ith th
e pe
rmis
sion
of P
ope
Leo
XIII
, bui
lt a
smal
l Cha
pel t
o hi
s m
emor
y in
the
Sout
h-ea
st to
wer
. C
adw
alla
der
and
Jose
phin
e B
ates
are
bur
ied
not
one
hund
red
yard
s fro
m th
e m
ain
entra
nce
of th
e C
astle
.
The
Cha
pel -
pre
sent
day
A c
olle
ctio
n of
pho
-to
grap
hs o
f th
e re
-co
nstru
ctio
n of
La
ngle
y C
astle
are
on
di
spla
y in
th
e C
ockt
ail
Bar
situ
at-
ed o
ff th
e D
raw
ing
Roo
m
and
at
the
top
of
the
mai
n st
airc
ase,
ne
xt
to
the
Tow
er ro
om.
The
Cha
pel
was
res
tore
d in
200
6, i
n co
njun
ctio
n w
ith
Eng
lish
Her
itage
, by
Dr S
tuar
t Mad
nick
and
his
fam
ily.
The
Cha
pel i
s cu
rren
tly u
sed
for
Wed
ding
Ble
ssin
gs a
nd
Bab
y na
min
g C
erem
onie
s.
Stai
ned
glas
s w
indo
ws
in th
e C
hape
l
Nor
thum
bria
n co
unty
ha
s its
ow
n fla
g, w
hich
is
know
n as
one
of t
he o
ld-
est
desi
gned
fla
gs
in
Brit
ain.
It
cons
ists
of
ei
ght
al-
tern
ativ
e st
ripes
of
gold
-en
and
red
and
is f
low
n fro
m th
e to
p of
the
Lang
-le
y ba
ttlem
ents
. Th
e B
attle
men
ts -
flyin
g th
e
Nor
thum
bria
n C
ount
y St
anda
rd
This
col
our w
as a
dopt
ed b
y th
e fir
st E
arl o
f Nor
thum
berla
nd
durin
g m
edie
val t
imes
and
this
cur
rent
des
ign
was
gra
nted
to
Nor
thum
berla
nd C
ount
y C
ounc
il as
its
ban
ner
in 1
951.
Th
e U
nion
Jac
k is
als
o flo
wn
from
the
battl
emen
ts.
The
view
to th
e so
uth
from
the
battl
emen
ts
over
look
s th
e fo
unta
in
and
the
grav
es
of
Cad
wal
lade
r an
d Jo
seph
ine
Bat
es,
on t
he h
ill ac
ross
fro
m
entra
nce,
obs
cure
d fro
m v
iew
by
woo
dlan
d, b
ut a
cces
sibl
e by
th
e pa
th to
the
left.
To
the
nor
th li
es t
he v
illag
e of
H
aydo
n B
ridge
and
the
riv
er
Sou
th T
yne.
In th
e di
stan
ce y
ou m
ay s
ee th
e m
agni
ficen
t Had
rians
Wal
l, be
gun
in A
D 1
22. I
t is
a w
orld
her
itage
site
. Th
is p
uts
into
per
spec
tive
the
mon
umen
tal t
ask
in it
s cr
ea-
tion
and
how
it s
its in
the
land
scap
e.
A s
mal
l stre
am fe
edin
g in
to th
e riv
er S
outh
Tyn
e al
so r
uns
acro
ss th
e pr
oper
ty.
On
the
Bat
tlem
ents
To
the
nort
h
To th
e so
uth
To th
e ea
st
In t
he v
iew
to
the
east
of
the
Cas
tle,
with
in it
s ow
n gr
ound
s,
lies
a co
nver
sion
of
the
for-
mer
sta
bles
and
coa
ch-
ing
hous
e w
hich
be
-ca
me
gues
t ac
com
mo-
datio
n in
19
95,
now
ca
lled
“Cas
tleV
iew
.”
Wes
t fac
e of
Lan
gley
Cas
tle
Add
ition
al g
uest
acc
omm
odat
ion
was
com
plet
ed in
200
9 at
Cas
-tle
Vie
w. C
astle
Vie
w L
odge
com
-pl
etes
the
build
ings
. La
ngle
y C
astle
and
its
10
acre
w
oodl
and
esta
te
are
Gra
de
1 lis
ted
and
as s
uch
are
build
ings
of
ex
cept
iona
l in
tere
st.
Ther
e-fo
re, L
angl
ey C
astle
is p
rote
cted
fo
r fut
ure
gene
ratio
ns.
Loca
tion
of L
angl
ey C
astle
: Th
e w
est
face
offe
rs a
gr
eat
exam
ple
of t
he o
ld
irreg
ular
orig
inal
14t
h C
br
ick
wor
k gi
ving
way
to
the
mac
hine
cut
sto
ne o
f th
e re
stor
ed t
ower
. Th
e La
ngle
y P
avilio
n’s
mod
ern
arch
itect
ure,
co
mpl
ete
with
liv
ing
se-
dum
roo
f, co
ntra
sts
with
th
e 14
th C
arc
hite
ctur
e.
The
Lang
ley
Cas
tle B
attle
men
t Tou
r
£ 4.
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er A
dult
Chi
ldre
n Fr
ee
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ilabl
e da
ily a
t 10.
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m
(sub
ject
to a
vaila
bilit
y- b
ooki
ng e
ssen
tial)
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se a
llow
30
min
utes
for t
he to
ur.
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fee,
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unch
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ilabl
e fo
r pur
chas
e in
th
e D
raw
ing
Roo
m a
fter t
he to
ur.
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astle
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