List of work on castles and country houses by Anthony Salvin explained

Anthony Salvin (1799–1881) was an English architect, born in Sunderland Bridge, County Durham. He trained under John Paterson of Edinburgh and moved to London in 1821. His works include new churches, restoration of and additions to existing churches, and various other buildings, including schools. However, he is mainly noted for his work on existing major buildings, including castles, and for designing new substantial country houses. The castles on which he worked include Windsor Castle, Norwich Castle, Rockingham Castle, Newark Castle, Warkworth Castle, Muncaster Castle, and Warwick Castle. He also carried out work on the Tower of London, and on Trinity College, Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and University College, Durham. His new country houses include Mamhead House (his first major project), Harlaxton Manor, Scotney Castle, Keele Hall, Thoresby Hall, and Peckforton Castle. In addition he designed the Observatory for Durham University.^[1]

This list includes the work carried out by Salvin on castles and country houses, including alterations and amendments to existing buildings, and the design of new country houses.

Key

Grade	Criteria
	Grade I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
	Grade II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
	Grade II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Works

Name	Location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
Mamhead House	Mamhead, Devon 50.6197°N -3.5133°W		1827–33	A country house, later Dawlish College. Also designed by Salvin, and listed separately at Grade II* are the stable yard and service buildings, and structures in the garden, namely the terrace wall, the terrace steps and urns, a sundial, and a pool with a fountain. A stone seat in the garden is listed at Grade II.		I
Dawlish Lodge	Mamhead, Devon 50.6134°N -3.5121°W		1828–33	A lodge to Mamhead House.		II
Forest Gate	Mamhead, Devon 50.6238°N -3.5032°W		1828–33	A lodge to Mamhead House.		II
Brancepeth Castle	Brancepeth, County Durham 54.7338°N -1.6548°W		1829, 1864–75	Internal alterations.		I
Margaret House	Barley, Hertfordshire 52.0266°N 0.0421°W		1831–33	A rectory to which Salvin made major additions. Later used as an old people's home.		II
Harlaxton Manor	Harlaxton, Lincolnshire52.8806°N -0.671°W		1831-37	A new country house, now the British campus of the University of Evansville.		I
Norwich Castle	Norwich, Norfolk 52.6286°N 1.2963°W		1833	Refacing.		I
Heath Hall	Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 53.6768°N -1.4631°W		c. 1834	Salvin built up the wings, and added a billiard-room and a south porch to a country house dating from the 18th century.		I
Kimberley House	Kimberley, Norfolk 52.6003°N 1.0854°W		1835	Added wings, that are joined to the house by quadrants.		II*
Chalfont Park House	Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire 51.5957°N -0.5456°W		1836	Remodelled.		II
Woodlands	Kenn, Devon 50.6586°N -3.5262°W		1836	A house, remodelled by Salvin. Since used as a nursing home.		II
Scotney Castle	Lamberhurst, Kent 51.0928°N 0.4083°W		1837–44	A new country house.		I
Rockingham Castle	Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire 52.5129°N -0.724°W		1838	Remodelling of the west range. Built as a castle, since used as a country house.		I
Rudby Hall	Hutton Rudby, Skutterskelfe, North Yorkshire 54.4568°N -1.2555°W		1838	For the 10th Viscount Falkland.		II*
Estate cottage	Belton, Lincolnshire 52.9455°N -0.619°W		1838	Remodelling of a 17th-century cottage, and the addition of a smithy, for the 1st Earl Brownlow. The cottage was later converted into a post office and house.		II
Keeper's Cottage	Belton, Lincolnshire 52.946°N -0.6176°W		c. 1838	Estate cottage; built for the 1st Earl Brownlow.		II
Rufford Abbey	Rufford, Nottinghamshire 53.1761°N -1.0355°W		1838–40	Originating as a Cistercian abbey, it was later converted into a country house. Alterations made to it by Salvin; a gardener's cottage also designed by him and built at the same time is listed at Grade II.		I
Greystoke Castle	Greystoke, Cumbria 54.6699°N -2.8769°W		1839–46; 1868	Alterations.		II*
Rectory	Denton, Lincolnshire 52.887°N -0.7144°W		1841	Two storey, five bay house with a hipped slate roof. Now a private residence.		II
Helmingham Hall	Helmingham, Suffolk 52.174°N 1.1964°W		c. 1841	Remodelled for John Tollemache.		I
Sherborne House	Sherborne, Gloucestershire 51.8306°N -1.7563°W		c.1841	Interior decoration of the principal rooms.		II*
Kelham Hall	Kelham, Nottinghamshire 53.0915°N -0.8451°W		1844–46	Service range. The rest of the house was built in 1859–61 by George Gilbert Scott.		I
Peckforton Castle	Peckforton Hills, Cheshire 53.1175°N -2.699°W		1844–50	A country house built in the style of a medieval castle for John Tollemache. The chapel within the ward of the castle, and the entrance lodge, both also designed by Salvin, are listed at Grade II*.		I
Naworth Castle	Near Brampton, Cumbria 54.956°N -2.6888°W		1844–51	Following a fire in 1844, Salvin restored the north and east ranges, and added the Morpeth Tower.		I
Hutton in the Forest Hall	Unthank, Skelton, Cumbria 54.714°N -2.839°W		1845, 1871	Alterations to the hall. Salvin also designed the courtyard walls and stables; these are listed at Grade II.		I
Newark Castle	Newark, Nottinghamshire 53.0778°N -0.8127°W		1845–48	Restoration of a building dating from the 12th century.		I
Oxon Hoath	West Peckham, Kent 51.2452°N 0.3347°W		c. 1846	Remodelled.		II*
Penoyre House	Battle, Powys, 51.9689°N -3.4309°W		1846-48	Rebuilding for John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins.^[2]		II*
Stapeley House	Stapeley, Cheshire 53.0505°N -2.4928°W		1847–48	Remodelled a house dating from 1778.		II
Derwent Island House	Derwent Water, Keswick, Cumbria 54.5912°N -3.1449°W		1850	Extended to the east and west.		II
Sudbury Hall	Sudbury, Derbyshire 52.8862°N -1.7657°W		c. 1850–53	Internal alterations.		I
Rose Castle	Dalston, Cumbria 54.8065°N -2.9802°W		1851–52	A fortified house used as the residence of the bishops of Carlisle. Restoration of the Strickland Tower.		I
Warkworth Castle	Warkworth, Northumberland 55.3457°N -1.6118°W		1853–58	Restoration of the keep.		I
Thornbury Castle	Thornbury, Gloucestershire 51.614°N -2.5301°W		1854	Restoration of a building dating from 1510 to 1511.		I
Alnwick Castle	Alnwick, Northumberland 55.4158°N -1.7061°W		1854–65	Alterations, restoration and redecoration.		I
Cowes Castle	Cowes, Isle of Wight 50.7665°N -1.3011°W		1856–58	Originated as a coastal defence port in 1539. Converted by Salvin into a club house for the Royal Yacht Squadron.		II*
Officers' Barracks, Dover Castle	Dover Castle, Dover, Kent 51.1275°N 1.3244°W		1856–58	Officers’ Barracks designed in a Tudor Revival style.		II
Marbury Hall	Marbury, Cheshire 53.2841°N -2.5261°W		1856–58	Remodelling of a country house; demolished in 1969.
Keele Hall	Keele, Staffordshire 52.9998°N -2.2704°W		1856–61	Total rebuilding of an earlier country house. Later used by Keele University.		II*
Mears Ashby Hall	Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire 52.2895°N -0.7702°W		1859	Extended.		II*
Somerford Hall	Somerford, Cheshire		1859	Enlarged and altered. Demolished in 1927.
Whitehall	Mealsgate, Cumbria 54.7632°N -3.242°W		1861	Alterations to a tower house dating from the 14th–15th century.		I
Muncaster Castle	Near Ravenglass, Cumbria 54.3547°N -3.3808°W		1862–66	Enlarged and remodelled for the 4th Lord Muncaster.		I
Crossrigg Hall	Bolton, Cumbria 54.611°N -2.6117°W		c. 1864	New country house.		II*
Thoresby Hall	Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire 53.2335°N -1.045°W		1864–71	New country house for the 3rd Earl Manvers replacing an earlier house. Since used as a hotel. Structures in the grounds, also by Salvin, are listed at Grade II; these are the terrace walls and gazebos, and the stable court, stable cottages and riding school, and a fountain.		I
Capesthorne Hall	Siddington, Cheshire 53.2517°N -2.2406°W		1865–68	Largely rebuilt after a fire in 1861.		II*
Ryston Hall	Ryston, Norfolk 52.5838°N 0.3977°W		1867	Alterations to a country house dating from the 17th century.		II*
Hodnet Hall	Hodnet, Shropshire 52.8523°N -2.5806°W		1867–71	Reduced in size in 1967–68.
Dunster Castle	Dunster, Somerset 51.1815°N -3.4438°W		1869–72	Extension and extensive remodelling.		I
Petworth House	Petworth, West Sussex 50.9882°N -0.611°W		1869–72	Remodelling of rooms and addition of an east porch.		I
Encombe House	Kingston, Devon 50.6069°N -2.0798°W		c. 1870	Alterations and enlargement for the 3rd Earl of Eldon.		II*
Longford Castle	Wiltshire 51.0391°N -1.757°W		1870s	Restoration and additions to the country house. At about the same time Salvin made additions, including the clock tower, to the estate office, which is listed at Grade II.		I
Warwick Castle	Warwick 52.2793°N -1.585°W		1871	Restoration of the great hall and east wing following a fire.		I
Birdsall House	Birdsall, North Yorkshire 54.073°N -0.7558°W		1872	Addition of the right wing.		II*
Melbury House	Melbury Sampford, Dorset 50.8519°N -2.6031°W		1872	Added the library and a connecting link to the house for the 5th Earl of Ilchester.		I
Verdley Place	Fernhurst, West Sussex 51.0385°N -0.7136°W		1873–75	A country house for Charles Savile Roundell.		II
Haughton Castle	Humshaugh, Northumberland 55.0507°N -2.1283°W		1876	Addition of the west wing.		I
Glassenbury Park House	Cranbrook, Kent 51.1025°N 0.494°W		1877–79	Remodelled.		II*
Hawksfold	Fernhurst, West Sussex 51.0499°N -0.7289°W		1878–79	Built by Salvin for his own use.		II
Askerton Castle	Cumbria 55.0159°N -2.7047°W		Undated	Alterations made.		I
Fawsley Hall	Fawsley, Northamptonshire 52.2065°N -1.1787°W		Undated	A country house remodelled by Salvin. Since used as a hotel.		I
Langley Hall	Loddon, Norfolk 52.5531°N 1.4674°W		Undated	Remodelling of a country house built in 1737. Since used as a school, known as Langley School.		I
Tower of London	Tower Hamlets, Greater London 51.5081°N -0.0761°W		Various	Alterations, restorations and repairs. In 1863 added a pump house that is listed at Grade II.		I
Moreby Hall	Stillingfleet, North Yorkshire 53.8818°N -1.0946°W		1827–1832	Added a conservatory.		II*
Cumberland Lodge	Windsor Great Park, Berkshire 51.4339°N -0.6078°W		Undated	A country house enlarged by Salvin. Later used as a college.		II
Windsor Castle	Windsor, Berkshire 51.4838°N -0.603°W		Undated	Unspecified work.		I

See also

• List of new churches by Anthony Salvin
• List of church restorations and alterations by Anthony Salvin
• List of miscellaneous works by Anthony Salvin

References

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Notes and References

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