What is recorded here

Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks preserve a late fourteenth century Neville stronghold where corner towers framed a courtyard and garden earthworks softened the military edge. The site may have hosted Richard III before Tudor neglect faded its grandeur, yet the buried shapes still suggest kitchens, ponds and proud domestic life beneath the Yorkshire fields.

The National Heritage List for England records Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks 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.

Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle was built in the late 14th century by the Clifford family, a prominent Yorkshire noble family. It is remembered for its well-preserved medieval design and its historical association with the Wars of the Roses, including its role in the 1460 siege during the conflict between the Houses of Lancaster and York.

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