Keith now in Wiltshire
St Leonard's Chapel at Farleigh Hungerford Castle beside the south east tower
The original castle at Farleigh Hungerford was laid out on a rectangular design with round towers on each corner being built between 1377 and 1383 by adapting the existing manor complex on high ground overlooking the head of the River Frome by Sir Thomas Hungerford. Sir Thomas’s son, Sir Walter Hungerford, a knight and leading courtier to Henry V, became rich during the Hundred Years War with France and extended the castle with an additional, outer court, seen here, enclosing the parish church in the process.
St Leonard's Chapel at Farleigh Hungerford Castle beside the south east tower
The original castle at Farleigh Hungerford was laid out on a rectangular design with round towers on each corner being built between 1377 and 1383 by adapting the existing manor complex on high ground overlooking the head of the River Frome by Sir Thomas Hungerford. Sir Thomas’s son, Sir Walter Hungerford, a knight and leading courtier to Henry V, became rich during the Hundred Years War with France and extended the castle with an additional, outer court, seen here, enclosing the parish church in the process.