Marmion Tower, West Tanfield. (Picture: Roger Ratcliffe)

The historic gatehouse still standing even though its manor house isn't
Standing next to St Nicholas Church in West Tanfield, on a bank of the River Ure between Masham and Ripon, Marmion Tower has the structure of an old castle.

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