Whittingham Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Whyttyngane; Wittynggam; Whittingame

In the civil parish of Whittingham. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Whittingham Tower was probably built in the late C13 or early C14. It is three storeys in height. The medieval parts are of large squared stone. On the east this extends only to the first floor level, elsewhere it reaches up to the second floor. At the south end of the east wall a few steps rise to a C19 doorway with two inscriptions, on recording alterations carried out in 1845. A cottage was built next to it in C18 or early C19. The two buildings were turned into almshouses in 1845 by Lady Ravensworth.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU06921188

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 5299
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N3251 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N3251
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p157-9
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p110
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p33
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p344
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p351
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p172-3
    Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p228-9
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p503-4
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Dixon, D.D., 1895. Whittingham Vale (Newcastle)
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 24, 42
    Hodgson, J.C., 1828, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt3 Vol2 p210
    Hodgson, J.C., 1820, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt3 Vol1 p28
• Journal Articles
  • 1899, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol9 p91-2
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • 1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis5.html]
    1509 Survey of Tevedale [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis3.html]
    1415 list of Northumberland Castles [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis2.html]