Dilston Castle

Dilston Castle is an unglazed 15th-century uninhabited tower house (and inactive Catholic chapel built for one family's services) at Dilston in the parish of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. Both are scheduled monuments and Grade I listed buildings giving them recognition for historic and architectural value as well protection from demolition.

Dilston Castle
Northumberland, England
Dilston Castle, 2005
Dilston Castle
Dilston is on the south bank of the Tyne in Northumberland, facing Corbridge. It has a multi-tributary fast stream, the Devil's Water.
Coordinates54.965°N 2.039°W / 54.965; -2.039
Grid referenceNY975633

The three-storey tower was built by Sir William Claxton on the site of an earlier pele tower in the 15th century.

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