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Beaufront Castle is a privately owned 19th-century country house near Hexham, Northumberland, England.[1]

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  1. 10 relations: Battlement, England, Errington baronets, Gothic Revival architecture, Hexham, High sheriff, John Dobson (architect), Listed building, Northumberland, Peel tower.

  2. Mock castles in England

Battlement

A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Errington baronets

The Errington Baronetcy, of Ness in the County Palatine of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 June 1963 for Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.

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Hexham

Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall.

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High sheriff

A high sheriff is a ceremonial officer for each shrieval county of England and Wales and Northern Ireland or the chief sheriff of a number of paid sheriffs in U.S. states who outranks and commands the others in their court-related functions.

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John Dobson (architect)

John Dobson (9 November 17878 January 1865) was a 19th-century English neoclassical architect.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Northumberland

Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, bordering Scotland.

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Peel tower

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600.

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See also

Mock castles in England

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufront_Castle