Structure Name: Ford Castle: Portcullis Gate, Armoury Tower and forecourt walls

Description:
 

Ashlar forecourt walls with two towers and a portcullis gateway with two attached rooms. This structure contains earlier masonry, possibly from the 16th or 17th centuries.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Listed Building Grade I

Location: Ford, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 394420m (view map)

Northings: 637460m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 10m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: ARMOURY, GARDEN WALL, GATE TOWER, PORTCULLIS

Chronology:

• 1791   Portcullis Gate, Armoury tower and forecourt walls constructed following a design by Nisbet of Kelso for Sir John Hussey Delaval.
      Entities Involved:
            Nisbet, J: Architect.
            Sir Ralph Delaval: Commissioned work.

References:

• Images of England
• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR
• Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H. (2001) The Buildings of England: Northumberland. London, Penguin Books, p.283

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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