Wilton Castle, Redcar in Cleveland

Has been described as a Certain Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameWilton Castle, Redcar in Cleveland
Alternative NamesWilton in Clivelande
Historic CountryYorkshire
Modern AuthorityRedcar & Cleveland
1974 AuthorityCleveland
Civil ParishRedcar

Ralph de Bulmer in 1330 had licence to crenellate his dwelling-house of Wilton, and in 1406 the manor-house was called a castle. As the chief seat of the Bulmers it must have been an important place, and in 1569 Lord Eure mentioned it among the strongholds of the North Riding as standing 'for Cleavland very servesable.' From this time, however, it seems to have gone gradually to ruin. Some remains of it could still be seen at the beginning of the 19th century, but in 1846 even these had disappeared. The present house was built on the old site by Sir John Lowther about 1807 in the Gothic style from designs of Sir Robert Smirke. The park surrounding the castle may have had its beginning in a grant of free warren made to Alan de Wilton in 1204, (fn. 52) but it is first mentioned in 1331. (fn. 53) (VCH)

Gatehouse Comments

Castellated building on site of tower demolished 1807 which may have relic of manor house at 'Wilton in Clivelande' granted licence to crenellate in 1330 to Ralph Bulmer.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNZ581196
Latitude54.568920135498
Longitude-1.10146999359131
Eastings458190
Northings519670
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 111
  • Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p. 27
  • Jackson, M.J., 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland (Carlisle) p. 68
  • Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 301 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 531
  • Pevsner, N., 1966, Buildings of England: Yorkshire: North Riding (London, Penguin) p. 402
  • Page, Wm (ed), 1923, VCH Yorkshire: North Riding Vol. 2 p. 374-75 [online copy > ]
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 274-5 online copy
  • Wheater, W., 1884, Historic Mansions of Yorkshire p. 336-44
  • Ord, J.W., 1846, The history and antiquities of Cleveland p. 384-88 online copy
  • Whellan, T., 1857, History and topography of the city of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire (T Whellan and Co) Vol. 2 p. 800 online copy
  • Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 409 online copy
  • Allen, T., 1831, A new and complete history of the county of York Vol. 3 p. 532
  • Young, G., 1817, A history of Whitby, and Streoneshalh abbey; with a statistical survey of the vicinity to the distance of twenty-five miles Vol. 2 p. 730 online copy
  • Graves, J., 1808, History of Cleveland: In the North Riding of the County of York p. 389, 411 online copy

Antiquarian

Primary Sources

  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1891, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1327-30) Vol. 1 p. 519 (licence to crenellate) online copy
  • Hardy, T.D. (ed), 1837, Rotuli Chartarum, 1199-1216 (Record Commission) p. 127b (grant of free warren) online copy
  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1893, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1330-34) Vol. 2 p. 143, 200 online copy
  • Calendar of inquisitions post mortem 7 Hen. IV, no. 43 (1406 mention as castle)
  • Green, M.A.E. (ed), 1871, 'Addenda, Queen Elizabeth - Volume 15: November 1569' Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, Addenda, 1566-79 (1569 Nov. 8 mention) view online transcription (British History Online subscription required)
  • Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) (lists sources for 1272-1422) p. 503