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Sizergh Castle has been home to the Strickland family for over 760 years, and for many of those years the family played a major role in national events. For example, a Strickland carried the English banner at Agincourt. But a gradual decline in family fortunes during the 17th century - in part through support for the Jacobite cause - left the Stricklands short of the money needed to renovate Sizergh in tune with prevailing fashions.
Caerphilly Castle (Castell Caerffili), Glamorgan, 19 April 2019. It was built, next to the site of an old Roman fort, by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, in 1268-90 as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, although the local Welsh prince, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, burnt the partly constructed castle in 1270 but subsequently he was defeated and later killed in 1282. It was again attacked by Morgan ap Meredudd during the rebellion by Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294 and again by Llywelyn Bryn in his rebellion of 1316 but ultimately the Anglo-Norman conquest of Wales succeeded. In the English Civil War, South Wales was Royalist but the Parliamentarians took Caerphilly in 1646. They may have subsequenly slighted the Castle although subsidence may have been the main cause of it's partial collapse. The Marquess of Bute restored the castle in 1928-39. The castle is the biggest in Wales, second in the UK. It had the most elaborate water defences of any British castle and introduced the concentric wall defences to Britain. Pictured is the castle from the south with the South Lake and, to the right, the Outer Main Gatehouse. To the left is the bridge to the Western Island, an important part of the defensive system and may have been to shelter the town's population in time of seige.
The ruins of Krzyżtopór castle. According to legend, its destruction was due to a pact with the devil gone wrong (as usual)...
Managed to finish the decals off today but was low daylight when took the pics so appologies for the "grainy-ness" of them. I may try to take some more to replace these in better light, but not sure when I'll get chance.
Hopefully these are good enough to give the general impression of the model, though they really dont do it justice.
Happy enough to call it finished now, just need to paint...er, brass chrome the whistle ;)
Wanted to try a "fez" for the pressure dome, but managed to somehow lose the only one I had, so this'll do for now.
Looks lovely running, will try and get some video of it in action at some point, but spare time is very limited at the mo due to work.
Yoros Castle (Turkish: Yoros kalesi) is a ruined castle at the confluence of the Bosphorus and the Black Sea, to the north of Joshua's Hill, in Istanbul, Turkey. It is also commonly referred to as the Genoese Castle, due to Genoa’s possession of it in the mid-15th century.
Strategically set near the confluence of the Bosphorus and the Black Sea, the future site of Yoros Castle was settled by the Phoenicians and Greeks prior to the Byzantine period for trading and military purposes. The Greeks called the area Hieron (Sacred Place). The remains of temples, including Dios, Altar of the Twelve Gods, and Zeus Ourios (Zeus, granter of fair winds) were discovered in the area, dating to centuries BCE.
Yoros Castle was intermittently occupied throughout the course of the Byzantine Empire. Under the Palaiologos dynasty during the decline of the empire, Yoros Castle was well fortified, as was the Rumeli Kavagi on the opposite side of the Bosphorus. A massive chain could be extended across the Bosphorus between these two points, cutting off the straits to attacking warships, similar to the chain across the Golden Horn which was used to defend Constantinople during the last Ottoman siege by Sultan Mehmed II.
The ruins of the citadel and surrounding walls still exist, though the mosque, most of the towers, and other structures are gone. Yoros Castle and the village of Anadolu Kavagi are a popular day trip from Istanbul. Typically, the site is not supervised and visitors are free to climb all over the ancient walls. However, there are currently archaeological excavations going on and visitors are unable to enter the castle. Greek inscriptions remain etched on the walls of the castle to this day, along with the symbol of the Palealogus family, who ruled Byzantium until its fall. The military importance of the site cannot be overstated. In fact, much of the area surrounding Yoros Castle is today in the hands of the Turkish military, who have closed off areas to visitors.
Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.
The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation in c. 420 to 547. After passing between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons three times, the fort came under Anglo-Saxon control in 590. The fort was destroyed by Vikings in 993, and the Normans later built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present one. After a revolt in 1095 supported by the castle's owner, it became the property of the English monarch.
In the 17th century, financial difficulties led to the castle deteriorating, but it was restored by various owners during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was finally bought by the Victorian era industrialist William Armstrong, who completed its restoration. The castle still belongs to the Armstrong family and is open to the public.
Built in 1592, Matsumoto Castle – The “Black Crow” – is one of four castles designated as National Treasures of Japan and the oldest castle donjon remaining in Japan.
It’s very famous in Japan and a must-see for any travellers. Inside are steep stairs and low ceilings leading past displays of armours and weapons from the Sengoku period.
It's one of the must impressive castle I've sawn in Japan, I must admit.
Thank you, in advance, to those of you who take a moment to leave a comment and/or fave my photo. I appreciate it tremendously.
The architecture of Sleeping Beauty Castle is a composite of French and Bavarian castles from the Middle Ages.
When you walk through the castle toward the carousel, if you look down right as you come out and see that gold thing in the ground, it's a rail road spike, which is actually the very center of the park before ToonTown opened.
The castle is located in what was once the very volatile border area between England and Scotland. Not only did the English and Scots fight, but the area was frequently attacked by Vikings. The castle was built in 1550, around the time that Lindisfarne Priory went out of use, and stones from the priory were used as building material. It is very small by the usual standards, and was more of a fort. The castle sits on the highest point of the island, a whinstone hill called Beblowe.
The castle or fort eventually was the holiday home of a wealthy Edwardian bachelor seeking a quiet retreat from London, the idyllic location of the Castle has intrigued and inspired for centuries.
The renovation by Arts and Crafts architect Edwin Lutyens both hides and emphasises the old fort, all the while overlooking Gertrude Jekyll's enchanting walled garden and the unexpected grandeur of the Lime Kilns, an imposing and striking reminder of Lindisfarne's industrial past.
Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast stands in splendid isolation on a rocky volcanic outcrop, It is regularly listed among that county’s four great castles along with Bamburgh, Alnwick and Warkworth. However it has certain claims to fame which set it apart from the other three.
Bamburgh was mostly royal while Alnwick and Warkworth are closely associated with the Percy family, the brooding Earls of Northumberland who were clearly the inspiration for ‘House Stark’ in TV’s Game of Thrones. I can easily imagine Ned Stark riding out of either of them. Dunstanburgh, on the other hand, is firmly part of the House of Lancaster. While the other castles all show considerable internal development with stone buildings this is curiously lacking in Dunstanburgh’s present state. It is as if the rocky peninsular was walled off to create a large space within which an army could pitch camp - a similar phenomenon also occurs at Scarborough Castle, another rocky coastal castle with very little inside its ample perimeter. Whether these castles were intended to be the gathering place for an army landed in adjacent harbours is a moot point.
Even Wikipedia questions the reasons for its building saying: “It is uncertain exactly why Thomas [Earl of Lancaster] decided to build Dunstanburgh. Although it was located on a strong defensive site, it was some distance from the local settlements and other strategic sites of value. Thomas held some lands in Northumberland, but they were insignificant in comparison to his other estates in the Midlands and Yorkshire and until 1313 he had paid them little attention”. My best guess is that it was a jumping off point for any army headed north into The Borders or Scotland but Wiki suggests the Earl may have wanted a bolthole away from King Edward II in the south of England.
Another oddity at Dunstanburgh is the great gatehouse which we see dominating the site today but which only served as a gatehouse for a few decades. A major design change was to block in the great archway with a wall to turn it into a magnificent keep and residence while a much lesser gate - almost a tradesman’s entrance by comparison - was built around the side with a narrow approach from the front above a flooded mere.
Primary construction took place on the site between 1313 and 1322, during the troubled reign of Edward II which saw Earl Thomas taking a leading part in the death of the king’s hated favourite, Piers Gaveston. The site may originally have been an Iron Age fort in the centuries BC but had been apparently untouched since. The medieval master mason who built it may have previously worked on Conway, in Wales, and it is possible to see echoes of Conway in the present building. Briefly in royal hands the castle was soon back with Lancaster and it was the great John of Gaunt who initiated the blocking and changes to the gatehouse about 60 years later.
The gatehouse’s external barbican was removed and the great gateway was closed off with stout wall while another wall was built about 20 metres behind the gatehouse to create a small inner ward or bailey which was both shorter and easier to defend than the main precinct. A 1384 Scottish attack on Dunstanburgh was defeated and when a later Duke of Lancaster became Henry IV Dunstanburgh became a royal castle.
With various kings busy down south, Dunstanburgh came under Percy control at times but it had to be besieged by the Yorkists after the fickle Earl of Northumberland was trusted with it and then kept changing sides during the so-called Wars of the Roses.
There was a small harbour to the south, at the foot of the hill, while the wide valley between the present golf course and the castle was once flooded from this harbour entrance to create a large lake. The harbour is now lost due to its entrance being closed by a seawall.
I must stress that Dunstanburgh is NOT a disabled friendly site, far from it. Despite our best efforts to get close before walking the visit was a bit of a death march for me at times. When I finally reached the gatehouse I found I did not have the strength to climb to the top - so do not expect any views from up there in this set. Best advice is to pick good weather, stout shoes and allow plenty of time.
Fine painted hexagonal 15c goblet / wine glass pulpit with paintings of the 4 Doctors of Latin Church. . ; St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, and St. Jerome; - Church of St James, Castle Acre, Norfolk
Here's a work in progress picture of a castle I've been working on for about a week now. However, I took this yesterday and I have already made quite a few changes (refer to notes above)(and below)
Stuff to broad to be noted:
1. There are 3 more trees in there
2. There are people (of course)
3. There are 162 gray cylinders, and about that many gray studs.
Dunnottar Castle is located less than two miles south of Stonehaven
(15 miles from Aberdeen) on the east coast of Scotland.
I had the opportunity to travel to Scotland a few years ago...It was a once in a lifetime experience and I fell completely and totally in love with this beautiful land and its people. The highlight of my trip was exploring Dunnottar Castle....
This is the ruins of Castle Rising Castle, near the village of Castle Rising.
When we got to the car park, I noticed a school party. So as soon as we paid and got in, I went all the way around taking pictures of the castle. By the time I completed one lap of the castle mound above, the secondary school kids started to come in. So I went out, had a little look at the village and road then back in.
Weren't here for long but at least I got my photos of the castle. I missed going inside it, but then those students were probably inside doing school work or something.
It is north of King's Lynn, and south of Sandringham.
Castle Rising Castle is a ruined castle situated in the village of Castle Rising in the English county of Norfolk. It was built in about 1138 by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also owned Arundel Castle. Much of its square keep, surrounded by a defensive mount, is intact. It is currently owned by Lord Howard of Rising, a descendant of William d'Aubigny.
The ruins are Grade I listed.
Ruins of Castle and Eleventh Century Church, Castle Rising - British Listed Buildings
Castle, c1138 for William d'Albini II. Barnack limestone with carstone,
Sandringham sandstone and flint. Hall keep with footings to domestic
buildings in carstone to north, surrounding circular rampart with parts of
curtain wall, gateway through rampart and bridge across deep encircling
ditch. Keep (c24m x 21m x 15m high) ashlared walls now with panels of
coursed local stone. East facade: 3-storeyed forebuilding to right breaking
forward with tiled saddle roof, to left the enclosed outside stairway of
keep. 2-bay forebuilding of ashlar with central pilaster strip and clasping
buttresses to angles, all having shafts to ground and 1st floors; 2 large
semi-circular headed windows to 1st floor, string course above with figure
ccrbels; 3 square openings to 2nd floor; left return with similar window
as east to 1st floor, tall semi-circular headed blank arch below blocked
with local stones and having side shafts. Wall to roofless outside stairs
with ashlar clasping buttress with shafts at angles, central ashlar pilaster
strip having remains above of postern stair; high blank arcade to left and
right, that to left of 6 semi-circular headed arches with cushion capitals
to lost shafts, rear of arcade with chevron indentations, zig-zag string
course below, remains of two circular openings above now containing grotesque
corbels; blank arcade to right of 6 intersecting semi-circular headed arches
with roll mouldings. Keep wall above to rear with central ashlar pilaster
strip, openings to 1st and 2nd floors, clasping buttress to left angle.
South Facade: 4 panels of roughly coursed local stones replacing original
ashlar, ashlared pilaster strips between and clasping angle turret buttresses
with engaged shafts and small stair light; battered plinth; 1 slit opening
per panel to ground floor, 1st floor with varied openings, 2nd floor with
small bullseye to each of 1st three bays, opening of double semi-circular
headed light to 4th bay. Entrance to right to attached outside stair:
semi-circular headed doorway with side shafts, a frieze of corbels above
and a blank arcade of two arches, cornice and 2 circular openings with
grotesques as to left of east facade. North facade as south. West facade
of 4 bays articulated by ashlar pilaster strips, battered plinth, altered
blank arches in ashlar to 2nd, 3rd and 4th bays, continuous with pilaster
strips, but with ashlared forebuilding to left. Interior: floorless; in
two parts, Great Hall to north, Great Chamber to south; basement to west
of Great Hall with pier and double groined vault; service rooms above
including kitchen with circular hearth of on-edge tiles to south-west angle
having circular chimney above through angle turret. Grotesque corbels for
roof of great hall. Remains of chapel in south-east corner of 1st floor
with blank arcading to south and west wall of nave, semi-circular chancel
arch with cushion capitals to shafts and decorative mouldings; one bay
chancel with raised floor, rib vaulting having figure head bosses at
crossing, zig-zag string course below sill of east window. Forebuilding
to north-east: newel stair with ashlared walls and vault; antechamber, to
Great hall on 1st floor, semi-circular headed doorway to Great Hall of 3
orders with side shafts having cushion capitals, each supporting a zigzag
and roll moulding; doorway converted to fireplace and blocked with C15
encaustic heraldic tiles inserted c1840. 1st floor room of 2 bays with rib
vaulting springing from foliage corbels of late C13, vaulting crosses the
semi-circular headed window rear arches with attached shafts. 2nd floor
room an addition, now with internal buttresses and remains of vaulting,
cushion capital to shaft of former external clasping turret buttress of keep
now low at north-west angle; C19 fireplace to south. Bridge: across ditch
to east; revetment of various local stones and erratics, 4-centred head
in brick to arch, parapet with some brick. Gateway through rampart: roofless
in variety of local stone with limestone dressings, semi-circular arches
to front and rear, returns between arches having to left one recess and
doorway to part newel stair, to right 2 recesses, all with semi-circular
headed arches. Small length of curtain wall to south of gateway on rampart,
mainly of 14th brick with some stone, stone facings lost. Ruins of Cll Parish
church: c30m north of keep of the castle, partly within earth rampart; a
variety of local stone: rubble of carstone, Sandringham sandstone, flint
and erratics. 3-cell plan of nave, central tower and apsed chancel. Part
walls of complete plan remaining. Nave with remains of opposing south and
north doorways, low bench around nave walls, to west of south doorway part
of C16 fireplace with some herringbone brickwork. Apse with round headed
single splayed lights to north and east with Roman tiles in internal
dressings. The church was superceded by the C12 church of St. Lawrence (q.v.
6/4) c260m to north, it was subsequently covered by the castle ramparts.
Excavated in early C19 when font base said to fit the stem of font now
in church of St. Laurence was discovered. From 1331-58 the Castle was the
residence of Isabella, wife of Edward II and accomplice to his murder in
l327. The Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument Norfolk No. 3 in the care
of English Heritage, R.A. Brown Castle Rising, HMSO, 1978.
My friend was obsessed (and still is) with architecture while we were in Spain so we did a lot of sand castles whenever we were at a beach.
Tempelstein was founded in the late 13th Century by Templar knights, who came to the area to settle and build a small estate for support of operations in other countries. Originally the castle was smaller, with 3 meters thick walls. In 1312, the Templar order was abolished, and the castle fell to the king. Soon the castle was sold for some times, and was extended in the 14th and 15th Century to become the largest castle in Western Moravia. A massive, 10 meters high and 5 meters thick shield wall was added, defensive trenches and a new, large palace. The larst work was hastily done in the time of the Hungarian raid into Moravia in 1468. After this, the castle was in hands of some lesser noble families, and then the written track is lost for 150 years, mentioning Tempelstein to be abandoned in 1625. A stone was found with the year 1552, but soon after the castle was completely devastated through fire and abandoned. Today it is in private hands, being slowly freed from vegetation mostly by volunteers. As the way there is not easy, and the area pretty isolated, not many trespassers are seen there through the year.
Otočec Castle, which stands on an island in Krka River, is the only water castle in Slovenia and together with the castle park and the river banks forms one of the most beautiful sights in Slovenia. Its foundations reach back to the 13th century.
Now has been turned into a luxury hotel.
Slovenija - my country
(Castle, Welcome on entrance, Detail on the castle door)
Story behind this "cookie"... Last year my parents celebrated their 40th wedding Anniversary, and they rented a chateau in France and invited friends and family to come stay with them. This past weekend they held a party to reunite the crew that came to France. I wanted to make castle cookies - but thought making it like a mosaic might be cool. So here's my cookie version of Chateau Maroatte. :)
This is an impressive castle too. Like so many great Norman castles in Wales it has natural defences on three sides, in this case a steep ravine with a river at its base. It's testament to the strength these castles that so much survives some 800-900 years later.
Cilgerran Castle stands on a precipitous, craggy promontory overlooking the river Teifi where it merges with the Plysgog stream. The Teifi here is just at its tidal limit, so the castle was able to control both a natural crossing point and the passage of seagoing ships. We cannot be sure when this strong site was first fortified. It may be the same time as a Norman castle called 'Cenarth Bychan' from which we know, Nest, the spirited and beautiful wife of the Norman lord, Gerald of Windsor, ran off with Owain, son of the prince of Powys during a Welsh attack in 1109. Cilgerran is first mentioned by name in 1164, when the Lord Rhys captured the castle here. It was retaken by William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, in 1204, only to be taken again by the Welsh during Llywelyn the Great's campaigns in 1215. However, eight years later, William's son, another William, regained control, and it was probably he who built the imposing masonry castle we see today.
Loch an Eilein (loch of the island) with its island castle ruin and stunning surroundings of forest and hill, has seen human use for many centuries.
Some of the ruins date back to the 1380s when a fortified hunting lodge was built on the island by Robert the Bruce’s grandson, who was known as the "Wolf of Badenoch".
-The castle has been a place of shelter for centuries; in 1690 it was besieged by the Jacobites after the Battle of Cromdale and in 1745 it harboured fugitives after Culloden.
History of the Castle
The history of the house and estate extends to before 1460 though the association with the Williams family dates from around 1690. The Castle as seen today is a creation of Sir John Hay Williams dating from between 1830 and 1852. Architects Hansom and Welch were employed by Sir John to refurbish and extend the house while further works at this time also resulted in a magnificent estate wall and formal garden. The loss of the main income source for the estate - lead mining - in the 1850s resulted in the decline of the Williams family fortunes, though further building refurbishment took place in the 1880s.
By the First World War, the estate had been reduced in size and the house used as a recuperation hospital. The grounds to the east of the main house were also used by nearby Kinmel Camp as an area for trench warfare training. In 1920 the house and estate were finally sold by the Williams family to Lowther College, a girls private school. The College was based at the Castle until 1982 when it finally closed due to financial problems (Click here for more information on Lowther College). In the 1980s the Castle was purchased by the then Clwyd County Council and developed as a museum, gallery and visitor attraction. Partnerships were formed with the National Portrait Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts to enable the display of many important national treasures at the Castle. To house these collections, the interior was sympathetically restored to its Victorian splendour by architect Roderick Gradidge.
In 1994, the County Council leased part of the site to the Rank Organisation for its first Warner Holidays hotel. Meanwhile, the magnificent Williams Hall with its national collections was placed under the control of Bodelwyddan Castle Trust. The National Portrait Gallery maintains the loan of nationally important art collections at the Castle with day-to-day curatorial care resting with the Trust. The Trust is supported in its work by the County Council (now Denbighshire) with an annual grant currently in the sum of £184,000.
Carlisle Castle is situated in Carlisle, in the English county of Cumbria, near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. The castle is over 900 years old and has been the scene of many historical episodes in British history. Given the proximity of Carlisle to the border between England and Scotland, it has been the centre of many wars and invasions. Today the castle is managed by English Heritage and is open to the public. The castle until recently was the administrative headquarters of the former King's Own Royal Border Regiment now county headquarters to the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and a museum to the regiment is within the castle walls.
History
Carlisle Castle was first built during the reign of William II of England, the son of William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. At that time, Cumberland (the original name for north and west Cumbria) was still considered a part of Scotland. William II ordered the construction of a Norman style motte and bailey castle in Carlisle on the site of an old Roman fort, with construction beginning in 1093. The need for a castle in Carlisle was to keep the northern border of England secured against the threat of invasion from Scotland. In 1122, Henry I of England ordered a stone castle to be constructed on the site. Thus a keep and city walls were constructed. The existing Keep dates from somewhere between 1122 and 1135.
Entrance to Carlisle Castle. (De Ireby's tower)
The act of driving out the Scots from Cumberland led to many attempts to retake the lands. The result of this was that Carlisle and its castle would change hands many times for the next 700 years. The first attempt began during the troubled reign of Stephen of England.
On 26 March 1296, John 'The Red' Comyn, since the fourth quarter of 1295 Lord of Annandale, led a Scottish host across the Solway to attack Carlisle. The then governor of the castle, one Robert de Brus, deposed Lord of Annandale, successfully withstood the attack, before forcing the raiders to retreat back through Annandale to Sweetheart Abbey.
From the mid-13th century until the unification of England and Scotland in 1603, Carlisle castle was the vital headquarters of the Western March, a buffer zone to protect the western portion of the Anglo-Scottish border.
Henry VIII converted the castle for artillery, employing the engineer Stefan von Haschenperg. For a few months in 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned within the castle, in the Warden’s Tower, which was demolished in 1835.[2] Later, the castle was besieged by the Parliamentary forces for eight months in 1644, during the English Civil War.
The most important battles for the city of Carlisle and its castle were during the second Jacobite rising against George II of Great Britain in 1745. The forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart travelled south from Scotland into England reaching as far south as Derby. Carlisle and the castle were seized and fortified by the Jacobites. However they were driven north by the forces of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the son of George II. Carlisle was recaptured, and the Jacobites were jailed and executed. That battle marked the end of the castle's fighting life, as defending the border between England and Scotland was not necessary with both countries again one in Great Britain.
After 1746, the castle became somewhat neglected, although some minor repairs were undertaken such as that of the drawbridge in 1783.
Some parts of the castle were then demolished for use as raw materials in the 19th century to create more or less what is visible to the visitor today. The Army moved in to take hold of the castle and in 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the castle became the depot for the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. Under the Childers Reforms, the 34th and 55th regiments amalgamated to form the Border Regiment with its depot in the castle in 1881. The castle remained the depot of the Border Regiment until 1959, when the regiment amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. The Army Reserve still use parts of the castle: 8 Platoon C Company 4th Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are based within the Burma Block alongside a Multi Cap-Badge detachment of the Army Reserve, including Medics, Engineers, Logisticicians, Intelligence and Infanteers from other Cap Badges. The Castle also houses The King’s Own Border Regiment Museum.
List of Governors
Governors appointed by:
Henry II:
Robert de Vaux, Baron of Gillesland
John:
William de Stuteville, Baron of Lyddal
Henry III:
Robert de Vaux
Robert de Veteripont
William de Dacre
Thomas de Multon
John Baliol (later King of Scotland)
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale (-1255 & 1267-)
William III de Forz, 4th Earl of Albemarle
Eustace de Baliol
Roger de Leiburne
Edward I:
Robert de Hampton
Richard de Holebrok
John de Swinburn
Gilbert de Curwen of Workington
William de Boyville
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (1295-)
Michael de Harela
John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle
Alexander de Bassenthwaite
Edward II:
John de Castre
Andrew de Harcla, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall
Ralph Fitz William, baron of Greystoke
John de Halton, Bishop of Carlisle (2nd time)
Edward III:
Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre
Anthony Lord Lucy of Cockermouth
John de Glanton
John Kirby, Bishop of Carlisle
Sir Hugh de Moresby
Thomas, Lord Lucy
Roland de Vaux
Sir Richard de Denton
Sir Hugh de Lowther
Richard II:
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
Ralph Lord Neville de Raby
John Lord Moss of Hamlake
John Halland, Earl of Huntington
Sir Lewis Clifford
Henry IV;
Henry Lord Percy, surnamed Hotspur, Governor and General of the Marches
Edward IV;
Richard Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III of England)
Richard III:
Sir Richard Salkeld of Corby
Henry VII;
Sir Richard Salkeld of Corby
Henry VIII;
Thomas Lord Warton
William Lord Dacre of Gillesland
Edward VI:
William Lord Dacre of Gillesland
Mary I:
William Lord Dacre of Gillesland
Elizabeth I:
Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton
William Lord Dacre of Gillesland
Charles I:
Sir Nicholas Byron
Sir Henry Stradling
Sir John Brown
Sir William Douglas
Sir William Levingston
Sir Philip Musgrave Bart.
Jeremiah Tolhurst Esq.
Colonel Thomas Fitch
Post-Restoration
Charles II:
December 1660: Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet
1678: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle
1684/5: Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet
James II:
1687: Sir Francis Howard of Corby
December 1688: Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet
William III:
1689: Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet
1690: Jeremiah Bubb
March 1693: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
George II:
1739: Lt Gen. John Folliot
12 August 1749: Gen. Sir Charles Howard
1752: Gen. John Stanwix
George III:
July 1763: Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington
22 September 1792: Lt Gen. Montgomery Agnew
8 September 1818: Lt Gen. Robert Burne
George IV:
18 June 1825: Maj. Gen. Sir George Adam Wood Kt.
William IV:
28 April 1831: Lt Gen. Hon. James Ramsay, son of the Earl of Dalhousie
Victoria:
The post of Governor of Carlisle was abolished in 1838.
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles north of York. It is a private residence, the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
Ruins of Tintagel
Once one finally gets to the top of the stars at Tintagel, you are faced with this sort of view. The ruins of the Great hall of Tintagel Castle, and it is a loooong way down! - That is a Hotel in the town of Tintagel on the other cliff. The weather got no better by the way :(
General description :
For the summer L13 contest of the Brickpirate forum into the Architecture section, I choose to reproduce a castle built into the XVIII century : the Haroué Castle situed into Lorraine, France..
The Haroué castle or Haroué Palace is situed into the centre of the Haroué village, south of Nancy.
It has been built from 1720 to 1729 on a ancient castle preseving its 4 main towers and the moats.
The castle presents interesting characteristics relatied to a year :
- 365 windows,
- 52 chimneys,
- 12 towers (some are included into the building),
- 4 bridges over the moats.
Today, it is still occupied by the descendants of prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon who was the initial owner.
For tis castle, the starting point are the towers at the corners because, at this scale, it is not possible to use other parts that 2x2 round bricks with a cone on top. This fixes the scale of the MOC.
At this scale, from the 4 mains characteristics points given above, the chimneys have been sacrified (most of such castle have chimneys), only the 6 outside towers are kept in order to preserve the U form of the castle, the nulber of windows has been reduced but the 4 bridges are present. Finally, as a main decorative element, the huge trees of the forward court allowing to date the representation at the end of spring after rain.
Enjoy.;-).
The barony of Arnele, conferred on the Boyds by Robert Bruce in 1306, together with Portencross Castle, remained the property that family and their descendants (the Fullertons of Overton) until 1737.
"The castle was abandoned by the Boyds shortly after the Restoration of Charles II, after which it was occupied by fishermen and other inferior tenants until about the year 1739, when, having been unroofed in what was termed 'the windy January', it was consigned to ruin and decay." [M&R]