The impressive brick gatehouse is what remains of the castle here of the Scales family. Not open to the public. This very fine example of early brickwork stands in the low ground near the railway, three miles S.E. from King’s Lynn. It is the gatehouse of the castle which once existed here, the seat of […]
Horsford Castle
Norman motte and bailey with remains of keep. Traces of stone buildings and a barbican. This is a village about five miles N. of Norwich, near St. Faith’s, and close to it is the site of an ancient castle belonging to the lords of this manor, who took their name from the place. The town […]
Gresham Castle
Medieval fortified manor house or castle, now ruinous. A licence to crenellate was granted in 1319 and it was captured in 1450. Portions of walls and corner bastions are visible through dense undergrowth At this place, which is near Cromer, was once a castle belonging to Sir Edmund Bacon, which he was permitted to embattle […]
North Elmham Chapel
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia. In the 14th century it was converted into a fortified manor house by Henry Despenser, the unpopular Bishop of Norwich who brutally suppressed the […]
Castle Rising
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks. Begun in 1138 by William d’Albini for his new wife, the widow of Henry I, in the 14th century it became the luxurious exile-place of Queen Isabella, widow (and alleged murderess) of Edward II. Owned […]