The two-storey central wing, a late medieval residential tract, was added onto the ring wall. In the 15th century, a new building was constructed here, with the western wall of the upper floor erected on the old ring wall. On the ground floor of the larger room facing west, a substantial section of masonry is visible, indicating where an oriel once projected. This wing formerly housed the kitchen and the living quarters above.

During the Thirty Years’ War, the outer bailey was plundered by Swedish troops in 1621, and most of its buildings were destroyed, while the structures of the main castle were spared. During this period, the central building temporarily served as accommodation for the district judges and administrators of Leuchtenberg, as well as as a living area for the court clerk. On 27 January 1636, the latter wrote to the chancellor and councillors in Pfreimd, requesting that the court clerk’s residence in the outer courtyard, which had been devastated by soldiers, be restored in the spring, as the rooms assigned to him in the castle were barely heatable and the building was considered unsafe.

In later times, the central wing housed a riding school as well as a granary. Until 1842, the structure remained intact, but on 5 July of that same year—like most other parts of the castle—it was destroyed by a major fire.