Reconstruction painting showing the interior of the Great Hall, also known as John of Gaunt's Hall, at Kenilworth Castle during a feast in the late sixteenth century

Date:
Mar 1986
Location:
Kenilworth Castle, Great Hall, Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire
Reference:
IC053/009
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The hall was originally constructed between 1373 and 1380, during John of Gaunt's ownership of the Kenilworth Castle and his extensive construction works at the site, transforming the medieval castle into a fortified palatial complex. In circa 1400, an elevated floor was inserted into the hall to create a storage basement below, remaining in this form throughout the later medieval period, as depicted in this reconstruction.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC053 Kenilworth Castle And Elizabethan Garden, Warwickshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Medieval Great Hall, Medieval Castle