Report - N.E Ravensworth castle.

[Hot Potato]

Visited with vivo, we then went back with sweaty morph. Mrs S.Morph had found a book on the place with floor plans and some history. The bit that was of intrest to us was the underground bits. Vivo and Sweaty have some really nice pics they will most prob add to report.

 

[sweaty morph]

Here is some brief info on the place
Ravensworth castle is a grade II listed building (ruinous)-14th century.
It was purchased in 1607 by the Liddell family who remained at the castle until 1910.It last use was as a girls school, after that it was left to fall into disrepair before being partially demolished due to subsidence caused by mineworkings.
Most of the pics are from the cellar- didn't manage to get many of the outside cos my batteries went
The castle in its glory

Tower entrance

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Shelves in the wine/beer cellar

Corridor beetween the different rooms

Wrought iron staircase

A nice place to visit, the ruins are very photogenic at night, will invest in some more batteries next time

 

[Vivo]

After much nagging from HP I've decided to post some of my shots.
Can I just say as well, this is possibly the most beautiful place I've ever been and to see it in such a state of disrepair is really sad.

Firstly some exterior ones:

The entrance gate

The main courtyard

Concerning brickwork

The clock tower

And on to the main highlight, the underground section:

Bad framing

It had to be posted

Same place as HP's one of the chair

More of mine are visible in my Ravensworth Castle set on Flickr