Lindisfarne Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Record Id: 2070
The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
Walled garden designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, in partnership with the plantswoman, garden designer, and artist Gertrude Jekyll.
LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING
Holy Island, 9.6 kilometres east of the A1 and 30 kilometres due east of Coldstream, is a flat tidal island. It is linked to the mainland by a causeway, passable only at low tide. Lindisfarne Castle sits on a rocky crag, on the island's easternmost tip. It is visible from the opposite Northumberland shore.
REFERENCES Used by English Heritage
N Pevsner and I A Richmond, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (1957, reprinted 1974), p 188
Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, guidebook, (National Trust 1975)
M and R Tooley, Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll in Northern England (1982)
Maps
OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed in about 1860, published 1865; 3rd edition surveyed 1922, published 1926
Archival items
Copies of the Jekyll planting plans are held on microfilm (folder 91) at the NMR, Swindon
Description written: April 2002
Edited: July 2003
Owner: The National Trust
Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon
Site designation(s)
English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England Grade II Reference GD2052
Principal building:
Castle Created 1485 to 1903
The castle was originally created during the Tudor period. Edwin Lutyens converted it into an Edwardian home in 1903.
Environment
Terrain: Lindisfarne Castle sits on a rocky crag, on the easternmost tip of the flat tidal island.
Visitor facilities
Opening contact details:
Visitor information:
External web site link: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-lindisfarnecastle.htm
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