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Hylton Castle is a medieval fortified house located near Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England, dating primarily to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The principal structure is a substantial gatehouse of rendered stone, erected by the Hylton family as part of their fortified residence, which demonstrates the military domestic architecture characteristic of the period. The site subsequently developed through the addition of seventeenth and eighteenth-century structures, including associated country houses and formal gardens, reflecting changing patterns of occupation and status. The castle represents an important example of the evolution from medieval fortification to early modern country estate within the North East region.
Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017223. View the official record →
Hylton Castle is a medieval fortified house located near Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England, dating primarily to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017223.
Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground (3.2 km), Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill (4.1 km), Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm (4.3 km).
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Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.