High Head Castle

High Head Castle is a large fortified manor house in the English county of Cumbria located between Carlisle and Penrith.

The site was originally occupied by the king's castle in the Forest of Inglewood, a medieval square pele tower within a curtain wall.

Sir William L'Engleys, descended from the family who held Little Asby, acquired Highhead Castle.

He was Chief Forester of Inglewood from 1328, and was succeeded by his son Sir William whose daughter and heir, Isabel, married Nicholas Harrington.

It is eleven bays long, with a pedimented three-bay centre, and a walled front garden with coupled Ionic columns.

The front of High Head Castle, 2006
High Head Castle from above, 2006
UK Census 1881 - High Head Castle - Thornborrow Family