Château d'Edlingham

Le château d'Edlingham est une ruine de château en Angleterre ayant le statut de monument classé et de bâtiment classé Grade I, sous la garde de English Heritage. Il est situé près du village d'Edlingham, dans une vallée à l'ouest d'Alnwick, dans le Northumberland. Il est décrit comme "... l'un des plus intéressants du comté", par Nikolaus Pevsner, l'historien de l'architecture. Edlingham lui-même n'est guère plus qu'un hameau avec une église à côté du château. Les ruines sont pour la plupart basses, bien qu'une grande partie de la tour solaire soit toujours debout malgré une fissure impressionnante sur plusieurs étages jusqu'au niveau du sol. Les fondations et une partie des murs de la maison-halle, de la porterie, de la barbacane et des autres bâtiments de la cour sont encore visibles, la plupart datant du XVIe siècle. Le château - plus exactement un manoir fortifié typique de nombreuses maisons médiévales du nord de l'Angleterre - garde l'une des rares approches d'Alnwick à travers les collines à l'ouest. Ses fortifications ont été augmentées en réponse à la guerre frontalière qui a fait rage entre l'Angleterre et l'Écosse entre 1300 et 1600 environ.

1. Histoire

En 1174, un Jean d'Edlingham possède un manoir à cet endroit. En 1294, un descendant, Walter d'Edlingham, le vend à William de Felton. Il le renforce en construisant de solides remparts et une guérite, en fortifiant la salle principale et en ajoutant d'autres bâtiments à l'intérieur d'une cour. En 1396, Elizabeth de Felton en hérite, épousant Sir Edmund Hastings, qui y ajoute une puissante tour solaire. Leurs descendants occupent le château et le domaine jusqu'en 1514. Il est acheté par George Swinburne, un constable de Prudhoe, dont la famille le détient jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle. Pendant ce temps, il tombe progressivement en ruine, la plupart des bâtiments ayant été démantelés dans les années 1660 pour construire des fermes à proximité, mais en laissant la tour solaire intacte. En 1978, le ministère de l'Environnement acquiert le site et mène de vastes fouilles archéologiques, avant lesquelles des gravats ont rempli la tour solaire sur une hauteur de trois mètres. Le site est maintenant sous la garde d'English Heritage et est facilement accessible depuis l'église voisine de St John the Baptist, Edlingham. Guillaume de Felton y est enterré.

1. Références

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Edlingham Castle » (voir la liste des auteurs).

1. Bibliographie

John Dodds. Bastles and Belligérants, Forteresses médiévales du Northumberland, Keepdate Publishing (ISBN 1-899506-45-4) TH Rowland. Châteaux médiévaux, tours, Peles et Bastles de Northumberland, Sandhill Press Ltd 1994 (ISBN 0-946098-24-7)

1. Liens externes

Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England

Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des châteaux Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni

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Edlingham Castle

Edlingham Castle is a small castle ruin, having scheduled monument and Grade I listed building status, in the care of English Heritage. It is located in a valley to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. It has been described as "...one of the most interesting in the county", by Nikolaus Pevsner, the architectural historian. Edlingham itself is little more than a hamlet with a church alongside the castle. The ruins are mostly laid low, though much of the solar tower still stands despite an impressive crack running several storeys down to ground level. The foundations and part of the walls of the hall house, gatehouse, barbican and other courtyard buildings are still visible, most dating from the 16th century. The castle – more properly a fortified manor house typical of many medieval houses in the North of England – guards one of the few approaches to Alnwick through the hills to its west. Its fortifications were increased in response to the border warfare which raged between England and Scotland in the period from about 1300 to 1600.

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St John the Baptist, Edlingham

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Edlingham

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Lemmington Hall

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