3-071-058 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Gateway in the Castle, Warkworth, 1881. 'Warkworth Castle stands upon a rock, on the south bank of the river. Its walls, guarded by towers, inclose a space of five acres, in the shape of a triangle; at its base is the south wall, in the middle of which is the great gate, flanked by two polygonal towers. The Keep, which seems to be of later architecture, probably built by the Percies, not for use as a fortress, but for a stately mansion, is a square pile, with the angles canted off; in the middle of each side is a projecting turret, semi-hexagonal at the base, of equal height with the main building; and there is a lofty watch-tower above. A chapel, and several tolerably spacious apartments, being in the Keep, show that it was not especially designed for warlike defence. The warlike experiences of Warkworth, indeed, were of an earlier period. In 1174, the town was burnt, and all its people were slaughtered, by the Scottish King called William the Lion'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.