Coupland, Northumberland

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Coupland
Northumberland
Coupland Castle.jpg
Coupland Castle
Location
Grid reference: NT937312
Location: 55°34’30"N, 2°6’4"W
Data
Post town: Wooler
Postcode: NE71
Dialling code: 01668
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Coupland is a village in Northumberland, sitting on the north bank of the River Glen about four miles northwest of Wooler, in the Cheviot Hills.

Castle

Main article: Coupland Castle

Coupland Castle stands in the village. It is a tower house rather than a castle and was probably built at the end of the 16th century. A date stone over a fireplace in the tower engraved GW 1615 MW is thought to represent George and Mary Wallis owners at that date.[1]Today it is a Grade I listed building.

The tower has three storeys with an attic on top and a small projecting tower carried up the south wall.

The castle has been added to over the years and was restored in the 19th century, and in 1820 was extended when a three bayed two storied house was built adjoining the tower[1][2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Structures of the North East
  2. Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3.