The gatehouse of Warkworth Castle - a medieval castle home to the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland
Looking towards the Keep
Looking back towards the gatehouse from the Keep
Towards the river Coquet and the sea
The first floor of the Keep has storage cellars, guard rooms, a main staircase up to the Great Hall and a number of smaller servants' staircases
The Great Hall - gallery at the end for musicians and large fireplace
Sandy shows us that the fireplace is large and the chimney is blocked off
The family's private Chapel - corbels jutting out from the wall to support a second story where the family would have attended services
Fireplace on the second story of the Chapel
The Solar - the main living area of the family. Also on two stories
The garderobe (for medieval toilet enthusiasts)
View towards town and the other side of the river
The smaller kitchen would have been two stories
The fireplace has a bread oven on one side
and a cauldron stand on the other
Two fireplaces in the large kitchen - big enough to roast an ox on a spit
Inside one of the guard towers - the Grey Mares Tail Tower
And looking out from the window to a mare in the field
The Bailey - Scott is sitting on the wall of the bakehouse
The Lion Tower (the symbol of the Percy family)
The bakehouse (or laundry) in front of the Keep
Everyone ended up at the castle
Part of the moat and earthworks around the castle
A walk along the river, looking back at the 14th century bridge
Looking back at the castle from the river
Public footpath through the back lanes of town
Back to our hotel at the foot of the castle - the Sun Hotel
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