f8 @ 31 years
Way back in 1978, when I was doing a stint of work in Leicester, I spotted a Midland Red bus (remember them?) with Kirby Muxloe as its destination. I discovered that Kirby Muxloe was the site of castle, so I resolved to visit it. This I finally did 31 years later.
Building began in 1480, and the castle appears to be more residential than fortified as exemplified by the use of brick - then making a return as a building medium in Britain after an absence of a millennium. It was never completed, as its owner William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings was executed for treason by King Richard III in 1483. Just two years later, Richard III himself met his fate just a few miles away, at Bosworth Field.
Kirby Muxloe gained further fame later, being cited in the Flanders & Swan lament for the railway stations closed by Dr. Beeching in the 1960s. Its former Midland Railway station closed in 1964.
f8 @ 31 years
Way back in 1978, when I was doing a stint of work in Leicester, I spotted a Midland Red bus (remember them?) with Kirby Muxloe as its destination. I discovered that Kirby Muxloe was the site of castle, so I resolved to visit it. This I finally did 31 years later.
Building began in 1480, and the castle appears to be more residential than fortified as exemplified by the use of brick - then making a return as a building medium in Britain after an absence of a millennium. It was never completed, as its owner William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings was executed for treason by King Richard III in 1483. Just two years later, Richard III himself met his fate just a few miles away, at Bosworth Field.
Kirby Muxloe gained further fame later, being cited in the Flanders & Swan lament for the railway stations closed by Dr. Beeching in the 1960s. Its former Midland Railway station closed in 1964.