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------------------ Visit Castellarium Philippis Jessika hi i'm doing a school report on Chillingham Castle and i was wondering if anyone has any information they could share with me please! i need all the help i can get thank you so much Philip Davis The following is from English Castles, A guide by Counties by Adrian Pettifer.
In the sixteenth century, after Chillingham had passed to the Greys, the internal buildings and the two north corner towers were largely rebuilt. The latter may have been necessary as a result of damage sustained in 1536, when the castle was bombarded by the rebel army of the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’. With the Border still a restless place the reconstruction was undertaken with defensive considerations fully in mind. A different spirit prevailed circa 1620 when a second great remodelling commenced. The north range of the castle was rebuilt as a grand entrance front in the Classical idiom, a design attributed doubtfully to Inigo Jones. It was during this phase that the courtyard attained its present appearance, with a peculiar gallery placed in front of the hall range.
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