Cherie's Place » Great Tower http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 03 May 2026 22:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Warkworth Castle – Great Tower http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/06/23/warkworth-castle-great-tower/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/06/23/warkworth-castle-great-tower/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:29:41 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6089 The great tower was commissioned by Henry Percy after he was made the first earl of Northumberland in 1377.  The building is styled in the shape of a Greek cross, with four polygonal wings radiating from a central block. *

The Lion and Great Towers

Weathered

*Information from the English Heritage guidebook.

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