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Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Northumberland. Dubbed the Windsor of the North, Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in the country and has been home to the Duke of Northumberland’s family, the Percys, for over 700 years. The first castle here was built following the Norman conquest. The mediæval motte and bailey was replaced by a stone-built castle in the first half of the 12th century. It was heavily fortified in the 14th century when the keep was strengthened but became ruinous by the 18th century, when it was restored and extended as a gothic style country house by Robert Adam and others. Further alterations were carried out in the second half of the 19th century under Anthony Salvin for the 4th Duke of Northumberland. Alnwick Castle has served as a military outpost, a teaching college, a refuge for evacuees, a film set, and a family home. The castle today is a Grade I listed building. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Listing 1001041.

Place Type: Mediæval Castle
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.415696,-1.7060091
Grid Reference: NU187135
Police Area: Northumbria
Council Area: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Alnwick CP
Country: England

GBPNID: 299560
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Alnwick_Castle,_Northumberland_299560

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