Wressle Castle

Wressle Castle Details

Wressle Castle is a substantial ruined quadrangular courtyard castle of the C14 and C15. Sat within a reactangular ditch it was a principal castle of the Percy family foir much of its life. It was part demolished by order of Parliament in the 1640s the remaining wing succumbing to a fire in 1796. It is in private ownership but open to the publuic a few times a year.