# Quadrangular castle

A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers. There is no keep and frequently no distinct gatehouse. The quadrangular form predominantly dates from the mid to late fourteenth century and signals the transition from defensively to domestically oriented great houses. The four walls are also known as ranges.
Quadrangular castles typically display a sophisticated and complex approach to the planning of internal social spaces. There are many quadrangular castles around the UK, for example: Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, and Bolton Castle.
The 27 quadrangular castles identified by John Rickard as being built in England consist roughly 10% of the castles built in the country between 1272 and 1422. No castles of this design were built in Wales.
One of the earliest quadrangular castles in Germany is Neuleiningen, of which substantial ruins remain.

## List of quadrangular castles in the United Kingdom

| Name | Location | Coordinates | Constructed | Built for | Designed by | Heritage status |
| Beverston Castle | Cotswold | 51°38′39″N 2°12′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.6442°N 2.20139°W﻿ / 51.6442; -2.20139 | 1225 | Maurice de Gaunt Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Bodiam Castle | East Sussex | 51°00′08″N 0°32′37″E﻿ / ﻿51.00226°N 0.54353°E﻿ / 51.00226; 0.54353 | 1385 | Edward Dalyngrigge | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Bolton Castle | North Yorkshire | 54°19′20″N 1°57′00″W﻿ / ﻿54.3221°N 1.94991°W﻿ / 54.3221; -1.94991 | 1379 | Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton | John Lewyn | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Caverswall Castle | Staffordshire Moorlands | 52°58′57″N 2°04′29″W﻿ / ﻿52.9826°N 2.0746°W﻿ / 52.9826; -2.0746 | 1275 | William de Caverswall [d] | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Cawood Castle | North Yorkshire | 53°49′53″N 1°07′40″W﻿ / ﻿53.8313°N 1.1278°W﻿ / 53.8313; -1.1278 | 1378 | John Kemp | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Chideock Castle [d] | Dorset | 50°44′03″N 2°49′06″W﻿ / ﻿50.7343°N 2.81825°W﻿ / 50.7343; -2.81825 | 1370s | Sir John Chideock [d] | anonymous | scheduled monument |
| Chillingham Castle | Northumberland | 55°31′34″N 1°54′18″W﻿ / ﻿55.526°N 1.905°W﻿ / 55.526; -1.905 | 1344 | Sir Thomas Heton [d] | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Cooling Castle | Medway | 51°27′20″N 0°31′22″E﻿ / ﻿51.4555°N 0.522732°E﻿ / 51.4555; 0.522732 | 1380s | John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham | Henry Yevele | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Danby Castle | North Yorkshire | 54°27′20″N 0°53′43″W﻿ / ﻿54.4555°N 0.895197°W﻿ / 54.4555; -0.895197 | 1302 | William Latimer, 1st Lord Latimer [d] | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Farleigh Hungerford Castle | Somerset | 51°19′03″N 2°17′13″W﻿ / ﻿51.3174°N 2.2869°W﻿ / 51.3174; -2.2869 | 1383 | Thomas Hungerford | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Ford Castle | Northumberland | 55°37′53″N 2°05′25″W﻿ / ﻿55.6314°N 2.09025°W﻿ / 55.6314; -2.09025 | 1338 | Sir William Heron [d] | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Fyvie Castle | Aberdeenshire | 57°26′36″N 2°23′42″W﻿ / ﻿57.4433°N 2.3949°W﻿ / 57.4433; -2.3949 | 1300s | anonymous | anonymous | category A listed building |
| Greys Court | South Oxfordshire | 51°32′42″N 0°57′22″W﻿ / ﻿51.545°N 0.956164°W﻿ / 51.545; -0.956164 | 1348 | John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys Baron Lovel | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Greystoke Castle | Westmorland and Furness | 54°40′12″N 2°52′37″W﻿ / ﻿54.66998°N 2.87705°W﻿ / 54.66998; -2.87705 | 1353 | William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke | anonymous | Grade II* listed building |
| Hartley Castle | Westmorland and Furness | 54°28′09″N 2°20′12″W﻿ / ﻿54.4691°N 2.33655°W﻿ / 54.4691; -2.33655 | 1353 | Thomas de Musgrave [d] Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet | anonymous | scheduled monument Grade II listed building |
| Hemyock Castle | Mid Devon | 50°54′45″N 3°13′54″W﻿ / ﻿50.9125°N 3.23156°W﻿ / 50.9125; -3.23156 | 1380 | Margaret and William Asthorpe | anonymous | scheduled monument Grade II* listed building |
| Hever Castle | Hever | 51°11′13″N 0°06′50″E﻿ / ﻿51.186944°N 0.113889°E﻿ / 51.186944; 0.113889 | 1271 | William de Hever [d] | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Inverlochy Castle | Highland | 56°49′57″N 5°04′52″W﻿ / ﻿56.8326°N 5.081°W﻿ / 56.8326; -5.081 | 1270s | Clan Cumming | anonymous | category B listed building |
| Lumley Castle | County Durham | 54°51′17″N 1°33′11″W﻿ / ﻿54.8547°N 1.55293°W﻿ / 54.8547; -1.55293 | 1389 | Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley | John Lewyn John Vanbrugh | Grade I listed building |
| Maxstoke Castle | Warwickshire | 52°29′58″N 1°40′18″W﻿ / ﻿52.4994°N 1.67167°W﻿ / 52.4994; -1.67167 | 1345 | William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Moor End Castle | Northamptonshire | 52°05′42″N 0°54′01″W﻿ / ﻿52.0949°N 0.900155°W﻿ / 52.0949; -0.900155 | 1347 | Edward III of England Thomas de Ferrers [d] | anonymous | scheduled monument |
| Raby Castle | County Durham | 54°35′27″N 1°48′06″W﻿ / ﻿54.59092°N 1.80175°W﻿ / 54.59092; -1.80175 | 1378 | House of Neville | John Lewyn | Grade I listed building |
| Ravensworth Castle | Tyne and Wear | 54°55′34″N 1°38′18″W﻿ / ﻿54.9262°N 1.6384°W﻿ / 54.9262; -1.6384 | 1350s | Marmaduke Lumley | anonymous | Grade II* listed building scheduled monument |
| Sheriff Hutton Castle | North Yorkshire | 54°05′17″N 1°00′19″W﻿ / ﻿54.0881°N 1.00519°W﻿ / 54.0881; -1.00519 | 1382 | John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby | John Lewyn | Grade II* listed building scheduled monument |
| Shirburn Castle | South Oxfordshire | 51°39′27″N 0°59′38″W﻿ / ﻿51.6576°N 0.9938°W﻿ / 51.6576; -0.9938 | 1377 | Warin de Lisle [d] | Henry Yevele | Grade I listed building |
| Somerton Castle | North Kesteven | 53°07′03″N 0°34′34″W﻿ / ﻿53.1174°N 0.57616°W﻿ / 53.1174; -0.57616 | 1281 | Antony Bek | anonymous | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |
| Starborough Castle | Surrey | 51°10′42″N 0°02′19″E﻿ / ﻿51.1783°N 0.0386396°E﻿ / 51.1783; 0.0386396 | 1341 | Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham | anonymous | scheduled monument Grade II* listed building |
| Sudeley Castle | Gloucestershire | 51°33′54″N 1°34′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.5650°N 1.5722°W﻿ / 51.5650; -1.5722 | 1443 | Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Westenhanger Castle | Kent Shepway | 51°05′40″N 1°01′53″E﻿ / ﻿51.0944°N 1.03144°E﻿ / 51.0944; 1.03144 | 1343 | John de Criol [d] Edward Poynings | anonymous | scheduled monument Grade I listed building |
| Wingfield Castle | Mid Suffolk | 52°20′52″N 1°15′41″E﻿ / ﻿52.3479°N 1.2614°E﻿ / 52.3479; 1.2614 | 1384 | Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Woodcroft Castle | Cambridgeshire | 52°37′35″N 0°19′02″W﻿ / ﻿52.6263°N 0.3172°W﻿ / 52.6263; -0.3172 | 1280 | anonymous | anonymous | Grade II* listed building |
| Woodsford Castle [d] | Dorset | 50°42′45″N 2°20′38″W﻿ / ﻿50.7126°N 2.34389°W﻿ / 50.7126; -2.34389 | 1336 | William de Whitefield [d] Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan | anonymous | Grade I listed building |
| Wressle Castle | East Riding of Yorkshire | 53°46′32″N 0°55′45″W﻿ / ﻿53.7755°N 0.929291°W﻿ / 53.7755; -0.929291 | 1390s | Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland | John Lewyn | Grade I listed building scheduled monument |