Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Parliament killed Cawood Castle in 1648, but Castle Garth still holds five fishponds and garden earthworks from the Archbishops of York. The gatehouse from 1426 to 1451 remains beside a barn that may have been the chapel, while stone from the destroyed ranges helped build Bishopthorpe. What is left is a place where power was cut back, yet its gardens and ponds still mark the shape of that lost residence.

The National Heritage List for England records Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Cawood Castle was built in the 14th century by the Archbishops of York as a fortified residence and remained in their possession until the Reformation. It is important as a rare example of a medieval episcopal residence and for its well-preserved landscape features, including fishponds and a quarry.

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