All right, so I love castles. Don't forget that the castles scattering Great Britain today scattered them equally during the Regency. Our lords and ladies saw them then, just as we see them today. Well, perhaps not quite, because work to make them accessible has happened more recently. But they were there.
We found Wardour Castle an English Heritage site in Wilshire quite by chance when we were driving out to one of the great houses. Of course we could not resist taking a peek.
The castle was destroyed during the English civil war and although the Arundells managed to come through it all in the end, in the mid 1700's they built a new castle (really a palladian manor house) and the castle was left to grace the estate as a kind of folly.
The old castle is unique in Britain, having been built as a six sided structure in the late 14th century, mimicking those the owner, Lord Lovell had seen in France. So you can see the actual shape of it, I am including an artists impression of how it looked when it was built.
You will not doubt notice the little clump of daisies beneath the sign.
So my interest is in the castle as a ruin, since that is how it would have been for our Regency ladies and gentlemen visiting this part of the country, and who knows, perhaps they stayed with Lord Arundell. But if you like castles or earlier periods of history, no doubt you will also enjoy looking at the ruins.
Next time we will take a look around the castle and its grounds and a sneak peek at the New Cast5le.
Until next time, Happy Rambles
We found Wardour Castle an English Heritage site in Wilshire quite by chance when we were driving out to one of the great houses. Of course we could not resist taking a peek.
The old castle is unique in Britain, having been built as a six sided structure in the late 14th century, mimicking those the owner, Lord Lovell had seen in France. So you can see the actual shape of it, I am including an artists impression of how it looked when it was built.
So my interest is in the castle as a ruin, since that is how it would have been for our Regency ladies and gentlemen visiting this part of the country, and who knows, perhaps they stayed with Lord Arundell. But if you like castles or earlier periods of history, no doubt you will also enjoy looking at the ruins.
Next time we will take a look around the castle and its grounds and a sneak peek at the New Cast5le.
Until next time, Happy Rambles