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Lumley Castle

ENG England · 14th century

Lumley Castle in England
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Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near the city Durham, and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building. It is currently a hotel and sits on the banks of the Lumley Park Burn, tributary of the River Wear. The sundial located at Lumley Castle is Grade II listed.

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Lumley Castle ranks #3,865 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 181 mapped in England. Founded 1389, it is older than 59% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 312 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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