Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle
Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire was a Cornish administrator and alleged conspirator.
Site of the scaffold on Tower Hill
Wardour Castle or Old Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Salisbury. The castle was built in the 1390s, came into the ownership of the Arundells in the 16th century, and was rendered uninhabitable in 1643 and 1644 during the Civil War. A Grade I listed building, it is managed by English Heritage and open to the public.
Ruins of Old Wardour Castle
1732 engraving of the castle
Wardour Castle today from the north, showing the main entrance and the smaller banqueting hall on the right of the main building
Coat of arms and head of Christ over the main entrance