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Bewley Castle (also recorded as Buley) is a former fortified residence of the bishops of Carlisle. It lies in the civil parish of Bolton, a few kilometres north-west of Appleby, in the historic county of Westmorland (now Cumbria). The site is sometimes linked to an earlier house of Bishop Beaulieu, from whom it may take its name, and it belongs to the group of fortified manor houses and episcopal palaces of the northern English marches.
Its construction is attributed to Bishop John Ross (1325-1332). Bishop William Strickland had the house restored in 1402, notably the chapel and the lord's chamber. Most of the visible masonry dates from the 14th century, with alterations from the late 14th or early 15th century. The estate later passed to the Machell family and then to the Musgraves.
Today only a roofless ruin remains: the lower part of a residential range and, at the south-east corner, a tower surviving to the base of its third storey. The south end still stands about 9 metres high. A ground-floor room covered by a segmental barrel vault survives, along with the remains of two garderobes and several windows. The site is Grade II* listed and protected as a Scheduled Monument.