What is recorded here

Slingsby Castle is a ruined sixteenth-century fortress near Slingsby in North Yorkshire, built by Sir Charles Cavendish in the 1580s as a quadrangular house with corner towers. Its substantial remains still show the ambition of late Tudor domestic fortification, blending defence with fashionable design before Civil War damage and decay stripped it back to stone. The castle now stands as a scheduled monument, preserving the shape and scale of a residence that once declared the power and taste of its builder.

The National Heritage List for England records Slingsby 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.

Slingsby Castle was built by the de Slingsby family in the 13th or 14th century and later held by the powerful Percy family. It is remembered as an important medieval stronghold in northern England, reflecting the region's strategic and noble history.

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