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
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E
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uthe
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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
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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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e fo
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e D
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