The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Whittington Hall Whittington Lancashire The current building, obliquely photographed and shown below, was built in 1831. Its listed...

Over Hall Ireby Near Ingleton North Yorkshire The tiny village of Ireby lies about half a mile North of the A65, and about 2 and a hal...

The Tower of London London Above. Traitor's Gate leading onto the Thames . The photo above shows Traitor's Gate in the...

Breaking News!! The North West Evening Mail website has reported that Gleaston Castle, placed on the 'At Risk Register' (compiled...

Soulby Hall Soulby Cumbria Photographed by accident (if that's possible!!) on a visit to Soulby to photograph St Lukes (now flats) ...

St Lawrence Morland Cumbria This is Cumbria's only surviving Saxon church tower, and as such is a unique addition to this collectio...

St Michael at the North Gate Oxford The Saxon tower of St Michael at the North Gate is most likely Oxford's oldest building, riva...

The Guildhall, Carlisle

The Old Town Hall Carlisle

Prince Charle's lodgings, Carlisle Above. Marks and Spencers department store on Scotch Street.  Above. The memorial hig...

The Curse of Carlisle and the Cursing Stone Carlisle Cumbria In the underpass that runs beneath the dual carriageway near to Tullie...

Franciscan Friary of Carlisle (site of) Carlisle Cumbria Records dating from 1534, state that the Franciscan Friary of Carlisle was bei...

Carlisle The English Gate\Bochard Gate It was widely thought that the Bochard and the English gates were one and the same....one simply ...

Carlisle The Irish Gate\Caldew Gate The Irish Gate is today represented by the curving footbridge that spans the A595 that cuts throu...