The state bedroom chimneypiece in Tattershall Castle

Date:: 1910 - 1920

Location:: Tattershall Castle, Sleaford Road, Tattershall, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire

Reference:: OP19112

Type:: Photograph (Postcard - Halftone)

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Description

The castle was sold in 1910 and the new owners removed the medieval chimneypieces for shipping to America. After the intervention of Lord Curzon of Kedleston they were returned and Tattershall Castle restored.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/26 Early Photographic Print Collection: Lincolnshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mantelpiece, Fireplace, Medieval Castle