Reconstruction illustration showing a Mass taking place in the chapel within the keep at Warkworth Castle. A priest in vestments leads the service from the altar, while the congregation stands below the wooden floor of the balcony.

Date:: circa 1990 - circa 1995

Location:: Warkworth Castle, Great Tower, Warkworth, Northumberland

Reference:: IC107/005

Type:: Reconstruction Artwork

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The chapel within the keep at Warkworth was divided into two floors by the wooden balcony. The upper balcony created a 'closet' where the earl could carry out his devotions with some privacy, while the ordinary members of the castle household could observe the Mass in the nave below.

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This is part of the Volume: IC107 Warkworth Castle And Hermitage, Northumberland; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Reconstruction illustration showing a Mass taking place in the chapel within the keep at Warkworth Castle. A priest in vestments leads the service from the altar, while the congregation stands below the wooden floor of the balcony.

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