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Tower house built circa 1350, in ruins by 1541. A four storey central block with five storey angle towers projecting from the east and west faces. A later C14 forebuilding is set in the re-entrant angle of the south east tower and the east face. It was restored in the 1890's by antiquarian Cadwallader Bates became St Cuthbert's school for girls and is currently an hotel. Probably the finest tower-house in Northumberland, Langley Castle is thought to have been built by Sir Thomas de Lucy and later belonged to the Earl of Northumberland. It was already a roofless ruin in 1541 but remained a tolerably intact shell until Bates' restoration.