Spofforth Castle

Henry de Percy in the early 14th century when he was given a licence to crenellate a manor house on the site, with later alterations made in the 14th and 15th centuries.^[1][2] The hall-tower of the castle is all that remains of the ruins.^[3] The eastern wall of the hall was built largely upon rock foundations. The extant 13th-century structure consist of a ground-floor undercroft, which has a rock face forming its eastern wall due to its elevation.^[3] Two staircases remain on the eastern wall, cut into the rock which lead to the lobby area of the hall. There is a two-storey chamber section on the north side of the tower which has a polygonal stair turret to its northwest corner. The upper storey is of 15th-century construction, and is probably a restoration.^[3]

War of the Roses. Spofforth was eventually returned to the family and remained inhabited by their steward, Sampson Ingleby, the father of Sir William and Jane Ingleby, until 1604.^[4] The castle was reduced to ruins during the English Civil War of 1642–1646.^[4]