Leicester's Building and the great Norman keep at Kenilworth Castle, as seen from the inner court

Date:: 1882 - 1905

Location:: Kenilworth Castle, Inner Court, Kenilworth, Warwick, Warwickshire

Reference:: OP10063

Type:: Photograph (Collotype Print)

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Description

This collotype print was created by James Valentine and Sons Limited and is likely to have been a copy made from an original photograph by the company. The creation date range of this print has been confirmed from other surviving reproductions of this image. Kenilworth Castle dates from the twelfth century, and Leicester's Building was completed in the sixteenth century. It was constructed by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, as a three-storey high-status accommodation block for visitors to the castle.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/43 Early Photographic Print Collection: Warwickshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Medieval Castle, Medieval Keep