Castellation

NOTES: Built by Richard Payne Knight, virtuoso, archaeologist and anthropologist, c.1772-1778, this house is one of the earliest contrived castellated castles. Knight was assisted in the early stages of building by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.

NOTES: Built by Richard Payne Knight, virtuoso, archaeologist and anthropologist, c.1772-1778, this house is one of the earliest contrived castellated castles. Knight was assisted in the early stages of building by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.

NOTES: This large symmetrical mock castle, begun in 1811 for the first Earl Somers, is an early work of Sir Robert Smirke, demonstrating the shift from the Picturesque to Gothic Revival.

NOTES: Located on a hilltop in the city centre on the site of three successive Roman forts, this castle dates from 1090. Much of its current appearance is due to remodelling of the eighteenth century and restoration of the nineteenth century. It has been used as a court since 1800 and a section is used as a modern prison administered by the Home Office.

NOTES: The 12th century keep was completely refaced by Anthony Salvin in 1835-1838. The castle opened as a museum in 1894.

NOTES: This quad consists essentially of 15th century buildings of the former St Bernard's monastery. The battlements are 17th century, and the windows were enlarged and sashed in the 18th century.

NOTES: The University Church of St Mary the Virgin, distinctive for its spire lavishly decorated with ball-flowers, was completed in Decorated Gothic style in c.1315-1325.