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Lumley Castle

Grade I listed quadrangular castle in County Durham, England, UK
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Lumley Castle

Summary

Lumley Castle is a quadrangular castle[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of quadrangular_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lumley Castle is located in Little Lumley[3].
  • Lumley Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Lumley Castle's instance of is recorded as quadrangular castle[5].
  • Lumley Castle's instance of is recorded as country house hotel[6].
  • Lumley Castle's architect is recorded as John Lewyn[7].
  • Lumley Castle's architect is recorded as John Vanbrugh[8].
  • Lumley Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley[9].
  • Lumley Castle's Commons category is recorded as Lumley Castle[10].
  • Lumley Castle comprises castle chapel[11].
  • 1389 marks the founding of Lumley Castle[12].
  • Lumley Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ2878751064[13].
  • Lumley Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.8547, 'lon': -1.55293}[14].
  • Lumley Castle's significant event is recorded as licence to crenellate[15].
  • Lumley Castle's significant event is recorded as licence to crenellate[16].
  • Lumley Castle's official website is recorded as http://www.lumleycastle.com/[17].
  • Lumley Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[18].
  • Lumley Castle's historic county is recorded as County Durham[19].

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Founding

1389 marks the founding of Lumley Castle[12].

Why It Matters

Lumley Castle ranks in the top 10% of quadrangular_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

John Vanbrugh United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . lumleycastle.com. lumleycastle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . pastscape.org. pastscape.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Egezort · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.8547, 'lon': -1.55293}
    Country → —
    Website → —
    Instance of → quadrangular castle, country house hotel
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32891|batch #32891]]: Migrating from P527 to P2670"
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