England · Partial ruin
Twizell Castle
Twizell Castle is an 18th‑century Gothic Revival house built on the site of an earlier medieval tower house, located on a bend of the River Till in Northumberland. Work began around 1770 to recreate a large castellated mansion but the project was never completed; much stone was removed in the 19th century and today the site survives as a two‑storey folly and ruin visible from a public footpath.
Its prime
1800
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1800
The shape it held in its prime.
Rectangular main block of warm red sandstone with projecting circular towers at the corners and two short wings extending to the north; elevations pierced by tall arched and rectangular openings, many now blocked or truncated. The building presents as a low two‑storey Gothic Revival mansion (a larger five‑storey scheme was planned but unfinished), with exposed upper wall heads where a roof would have been, sitting on open pasture on a bend of the River Till with trees and the medieval bridge below.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1800.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Twizell Castle — including 3 interiors: new chamber and adjoining gallery (interior), chambers in a circular corner tower (interior), stone and brick‑vaulted basement rooms. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Twizell Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1800 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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