Crayke Castle

Crayke Castle is a Grade I listed 15th-century tower house located on Church Hill in the village of Crayke, North Yorkshire, elevated on the Yorkshire Wolds. The castle consists of a four-story restored tower with attached outbuildings and a separate ruined 15th-century tower known as the "New Tower." Documentary evidence suggests a Norman castle occupied this site following the Conquest. Civil War damage by Parliamentarians was repaired by Charles Allanson in the 1600s, restoring the main building to the condition it maintains today. Leased as a farmhouse for centuries, the castle was sold into private hands in 1827 and remains one of northern England's well-preserved castle residences.