Exterior view of the Huntingdon Tower on the High Street

Date:
1900
Location:
Huntingdon Tower, High Street, Leicester, City of Leicester
Reference:
OP23164
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Also known as The Lord’s Place tower. This was the last remaining part of the town house of the third Earl of Huntingdon. It survived until the widening of High Street in 1900. The house was built for one of the three most powerful families in the town (the Hastings)around 1569. There were originally two towers. Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have stayed there in 1569 or 1586.

Content

This is part of the Series: RCH01/006 Red Box Collection (Rchme); within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England (Rchme) Archive

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Tower, Elizabethan Town House