What is recorded here
Warkworth Castle hermitage is a fourteenth-century chamber cut into living rock beside the River Coquet. The Percy family endowed the retreat, turning bare stone into a vaulted chapel where a hermit could pray beneath their castle shadow. A cross still stands carved in the wall, waiting for hands that have forgotten the weight of ambition.
The National Heritage List for England records Warkworth Castle hermitage 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.
Warkworth Castle hermitage was built in the 14th century, likely as a retreat for a hermit associated with the nearby Warkworth Castle, which was held by the powerful Percy family. It is remembered as an example of medieval religious piety and the architectural legacy of the Percy influence in Northumberland.
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Places near here
Warkworth HermitageListed building · 6 yd,_17_Dial_Place,_Warkworth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7513260.jpg?width=1280)
The Old VicarageListed building · 580 yd
Warkworth War MemorialMemorial · 608 yd
Warkworth CastleCastle · 653 yd
Not a standing stoneAncient stone or rock art · 1.0 mi
Wreck of The Hanseat on Warkworth BeachShipwreck · 1.1 mi
Tern Wings sculpturePublic sculpture · 1.3 mi
Small caveCave or cavern · 1.4 mi
BeaconHeritage attraction · 1.5 mi
Coquet MouthDredger (period Unassigned)-(1940) · 2.2 mi
Monument, AmbleMonument or public art · 2.2 mi
Alnmouth BayBay · 2.8 mi