Lammerside Castle

The earliest Lammerside Castle was constructed as a tower house during the 12th or 13th century by the Warcop family, and the surviving structure was converted into a pele tower using rubble during the 14th century (possibly to defend against the Scots), It was almost certainly, however, owned by Thomas Warcop in 1404. By 1576, the area around Lammerside Castle had been enclosed by the neighbouring Wharton family to form the Wharton Hall deer park, and it was abandoned during this time when the Wharton family moved to Wharton Hall. The north and south wings were demolished shortly after it was abandoned. Lammerside Castle was Grade II listed on 1 October 1981.

The surviving ruins belong to a tower which constituted a section of the central core of Lammerside Castle, and the surrounding earthworks of the wings, barmkin wall, yard, and a building platform also survive. Towards the eastern end of the north wall, the stump of the wall of a now demolished adjoining building has survived, and earthworks suggest the layout of the adjoining wings.