Nottingham Castle
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Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, w
Nottingham Castle and gardens
The Castle Gate House shows the medieval architecture of the bridge and lower towers against the Victorian renovation of the upper towers and gate house
The visitor centre at the castle
Victorian suggestion of the possible appearance of Nottingham Castle in the late medieval period
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson and the int
Nottingham Castle
…position on a natural promontory known as "Castle Rock" which dominates the city skyline, with cliffs 130 feet (40 m) high to the south and west. William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, started to build the mansion in the 1670s; it was completed by his son, the 2nd Duke of Newcastle. This ducal palace was burnt by rioters in 1831…
Portrait by William Larkin, c. 1610