Kenilworth Castle
The castle was built over several centuries. Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century. Huge water defences were created by damming the local streams, and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style. The Earl of Leicester then expanded the castle during his tenure in the 16th century, constructing new Tudor buildings and exploiting the medieval heritage of Kenilworth to produce a fashionable Renaissance palace.
This photograph was taken using a Pentax 6x7 medium format camera and a 75mm SMC F4.5 lens, film used was 35mm Ilford HP5 Plus rated at 400 ISO. The film was digitized using a Canon EOS-R camera with a Canon FD 50mm macro lens +25mm extension tube and then processed with DXO 5 software.
Kenilworth Castle
The castle was built over several centuries. Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century. Huge water defences were created by damming the local streams, and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style. The Earl of Leicester then expanded the castle during his tenure in the 16th century, constructing new Tudor buildings and exploiting the medieval heritage of Kenilworth to produce a fashionable Renaissance palace.
This photograph was taken using a Pentax 6x7 medium format camera and a 75mm SMC F4.5 lens, film used was 35mm Ilford HP5 Plus rated at 400 ISO. The film was digitized using a Canon EOS-R camera with a Canon FD 50mm macro lens +25mm extension tube and then processed with DXO 5 software.