Haughton Castle
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Haughton Castle is situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank of the North Tyne. It is some 10 Km north of Hexham, Northumberland (grid reference NY918729).
It was built originally in the 13th century and enlarged and fortified in the 14th century. At this time the castle was owned by Gerald Widdrington and, although it was still owned by the Widdringtons in the early 14th century, the Swinburns were living in it. By the 16th century the castle seems to have been falling into disrepair and ruin and it was attacked by Border reivers in 1541.
Further alterations were carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries and a west wing was added by Anthony Salvin in 1876.
It is now an oblong tower house and one of the best preserved hall houses in the north of England. It is a Grade I listed building.
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- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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