Quadrangular castle

Bolton Castle, in England

A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers. There is no keep and frequently no distinct gatehouse. The quadrangular form predominantly dates from the mid to late fourteenth century and signals the transition from defensively to domestically oriented great houses. The four walls are also known as ranges.

Quadrangular castles typically display a sophisticated and complex approach to the planning of internal social spaces. There are many quadrangular castles around the UK, for example: Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, and Bolton Castle.

The 27 quadrangular castles identified by John Rickard as being built in England consist roughly 10% of the castles built in the country between 1272 and 1422. No castles of this design were built in Wales.

One of the earliest quadrangular castles in Germany is Neuleiningen, of which substantial ruins remain.

List of quadrangular castles in the United Kingdom

Name	Location	Coordinates	Constructed	Built for	Designed by	Heritage status	Image
Beverston Castle	Cotswold		1225	Maurice de Gaunt Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument
Bodiam Castle	East Sussex		1385	Edward Dalyngrigge	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument
Bolton Castle	North Yorkshire		1379	Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton	John Lewyn	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	Error creating thumbnail:
Caverswall Castle	Staffordshire Moorlands		1275	William de Caverswall	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Caverswall Castle.jpg
Cawood Castle	North Yorkshire		1378	John Kemp	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Cawood Castle.jpg
Chideock Castle	Dorset		1370s	Sir John Chideock	anonymous	scheduled monument
Chillingham Castle	Northumberland		1344	Sir Thomas Heton	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Chillingham Castle.jpg
Cooling Castle	Medway		1380s	John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham	Henry Yevele	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Cooling Castle, 2011.jpg
Danby Castle	North Yorkshire		1302	William Latimer, 1st Lord Latimer	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Danby Castle 1.jpg
Farleigh Hungerford Castle	Somerset		1383	Thomas Hungerford	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Farleigh Hungerford Castle gate.JPG
Ford Castle	Northumberland		1338	Sir William Heron	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Ford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 365306.jpg
Fyvie Castle	Aberdeenshire		1300s	anonymous	anonymous	category A listed building	File:Fyvie Castle, Geograph.jpg
Greys Court	South Oxfordshire		1348	John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys Baron Lovel	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Greys Court.jpg
Greystoke Castle	Westmorland and Furness		1353	William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke	anonymous	Grade II* listed building	File:Greystoke Castle.jpg
Hartley Castle	Westmorland and Furness		1353	Thomas de Musgrave Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet	anonymous	scheduled monument Grade II listed building	File:Hartley Castle.jpg
Hemyock Castle	Mid Devon		1380	Margaret and William Asthorpe	anonymous	scheduled monument Grade II* listed building	File:Hemyock Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1491334.jpg
Hever Castle	Hever		1271	William de Hever	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Hever Castle.jpg
Inverlochy Castle	Highland		1270s	Clan Cumming	anonymous	category B listed building	File:Inverlochy 1.jpg
Lumley Castle	County Durham		1389	Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley	John Lewyn John Vanbrugh	Grade I listed building	File:Lumley Castle Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 579104.jpg
Maxstoke Castle	Warwickshire		1345	William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Maxstoke Castle, 2010.jpg
Moor End Castle	Northamptonshire		1347	Edward III of England Thomas de Ferrers	anonymous	scheduled monument
Raby Castle	County Durham		1378	House of Neville	John Lewyn	Grade I listed building	File:Raby Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1523038.jpg
Ravensworth Castle	Tyne and Wear		1350s	Marmaduke Lumley	anonymous	Grade II* listed building scheduled monument	File:Ravensworth Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1558897.jpg
Sheriff Hutton Castle	North Yorkshire		1382	John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby	John Lewyn	Grade II* listed building scheduled monument	File:Sheriff hutton castle.jpg
Shirburn Castle	South Oxfordshire		1377	Warin de Lisle	Henry Yevele	Grade I listed building	File:Shirburn-cropped.jpg
Somerton Castle	North Kesteven		1281	Antony Bek	anonymous	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Somerton Castle-Geograph-1055605-by-Richard-Croft.jpg
Starborough Castle	Surrey		1341	Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham	anonymous	scheduled monument Grade II* listed building	File:Starborough Castle.jpg
Sudeley Castle	Gloucestershire		1443	Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Sudeley Castle from the Cotswolds Way.jpg
Westenhanger Castle	Kent Shepway		1343	John de Criol Edward Poynings	anonymous	scheduled monument Grade I listed building	File:Westenhanger Castle - geograph.org.uk - 889584.jpg
Wingfield Castle	Mid Suffolk		1384	Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Wingfield Castle - geograph.org.uk - 354164.jpg
Woodcroft Castle	Cambridgeshire		1280	anonymous	anonymous	Grade II* listed building	File:WoodcroftCastle.jpg
Woodsford Castle	Dorset		1336	William de Whitefield Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan	anonymous	Grade I listed building	File:Woodsford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 924711.jpg
Wressle Castle	East Riding of Yorkshire		1390s	Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland	John Lewyn	Grade I listed building scheduled monument	File:Wressle-Castle-29042011.jpg