What is recorded here

Middleham Castle is a substantial Yorkshire fortress built in two distinct phases, beginning with a large twelfth-century stone keep and expanding into a fourteenth-century concentric castle. The thick Norman walls still stand beside later defensive towers, preserving a rare sequence of English military architecture. It remains a major scheduled monument because both construction stages survived to show how castle design evolved.

The National Heritage List for England records Middleham Castle: twelfth century tower, keep, castle and fourteenth century concentric castle. 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.

Middleham Castle was built by the powerful Neville family in the 12th century and later expanded in the 14th century into a concentric castle, reflecting their regional influence. It is important as the childhood home of Richard III and for its well-preserved medieval architecture.

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