Ludworth Tower was built by the de Ludworth family and it passed into the hands of the Holden family, who added the tower in 1411.[1] Roger Holden gained a licence on 6 August 1422 to crenelate Ludworth Tower to Thomas Holden by CardinalThomas Langley and during the same year Thomas added a rectangular pele tower to the structure which was at least three storeys high.[1] In 1785 W. Hutchinson noted that Ludworth Tower was a ruin.[2] In 1890, most of the ruins collapsed, leaving only the ruins that survive today extant. In 1905 a ditch was apparently discovered near the tower[3] but no signs of the ditch survive today. The only surviving remains are the barrel-vaulted basement, the three storey west wall and fragments of a first floor spiral stair in the south wall.
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^ abMargot Johnson. "Ludworth Tower" in Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area. Sixth Edition. Turnstone Ventures. 1992. ISBN094610509X. Page 31.
^W. Hutchinson, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1785, 3 vols; II586
^Gould, Chalkley, 1905, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Durham Vol. 1 (London) p. 359
January 01, 1970
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