Barnard Castle in Teesdale is a historic market town which takes its name from the castle around which it grew. The castle, an English Heritage property, was named after its 12th Century founder, Bernard de Balliol, and was later developed by Richard III whose boar emblem is carved above a window in the inner ward. The church of St Mary’s benefited from the patronage of the king with much work carried out including the founding of a chantry. The chancel arch bears corbels with the portraits of Richard and Edward IV and there is a carved boar beside the east window of the south transept.
The castle looks down to the tumultuous River Tees below, popular with canoeists, anglers and for riverside walks along the Teesdale Way, Deepdale and Flatts Wood.
Such a lovely day to visit this site.
Is it managed by the English Heritage?
They did a good job.
The Castle is an English Heritage site.
Oh, wow. I read 1700s but it’s the 1100s! So old!
We are lucky to have so many traces of ancient history in the UK.
It looks a wonderful place to explore and lovely photos. I read an article on the town in a magazine recently.
We were slightly disappointed but I think that is because we didn’t walk down the path to see the castle from that viewpoint.
Is this the town made infamous by Dominic Cummings? I’m glad I’ve seen your post. It’s really lovely and I wouldn’t have considered visiting otherwise