Reconstruction illustration giving a bird's eye view of the fortified manor house with added north chamber at Spofforth Castle, as it may have appeared in the late thirteenth century, as seen from the south-west

Date:
circa 2000 - circa 2011
Location:
Spofforth Castle, Castle Street, Spofforth With Stockeld, Spofforth, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Reference:
IC237/002
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This is a phased reconstruction illustration; illustrations IC237/001 and IC237/003 show the castle from the same viewpoint in other phases of its construction history.

Spofforth was the principal residence of the wealthy Percy family, favourites of William the Conqueror, from the Norman Conquest until the fourteenth century.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC237 Spofforth Castle, North Yorkshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Kenning, Phil

Keywords

Medieval Fortified Manor House, Medieval Castle