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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Whenever we stay in Shropshire we try and fit in a visit to Stokesay Castle, surely one of the most impressive medieval buildings in the country. It's a fortified manor house rather than a castle, and dates from the late 13th century. It is situated just to the south of the town of Craven Arms and is looked after by English Heritage.</p>

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<p>Stokesay Castle near Craven Arms in Shropshire is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. <br />
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The first floor of Stokesay Castle, which formed the original entrance to the South Tower, contains a 17th-century fireplace, reusing the original 13th-century chimney. The beautiful carved fireplace features male and female figures, interspersed with grotesque heads. This room in the private apartments was refashioned in the 17th century into a fine panelled chamber.<br />
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Stokesay Castle is managed by English Heritage.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Architecturally, Stokesay Castle is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. It comprises a walled, moated enclosure, with an entrance way through this 17th-century timber and plaster gatehouse. On the right is the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a rare example of the Commonwealth style. It originally dated from around 1150 but was badly damaged in the English Civil War and was subsequently rebuilt.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>This is the Great Hall and the South Tower of Stokesay Castle in Shropshire. It is a fortified manor house rather than a castle and dates from the late 13th century. It is in the care of English Heritage and is Grade I-listed.</p>

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<p>built in 1640-1</p>

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<p>built in 1640-1</p>

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<p>built in 1640-1</p>

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<p>built in 1640-1</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ana_sudani/">groenling</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>built in 1640-1</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Stokesay Castle near Craven Arms in Shropshire is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. The castle comprises a walled, moated enclosure, with an entrance way through a 17th-century timber and plaster gatehouse, which can just be seen on the left. It is managed by English Heritage.<br />
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The castle was never intended to be a serious military fortification, but its style was intended to echo the much larger castles being built by Edward I in North Wales. Originally designed as a prestigious, secure, comfortable home, the castle has changed very little since the 13th century, and is a rare, surviving example of a near complete set of medieval buildings. <br />
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Source: Wikipedia</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Stokesay Castle near Craven Arms in Shropshire is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. The castle comprises a walled, moated enclosure, with an entrance way through a 17th-century timber and plaster gatehouse. <br />
<br />
The castle was never intended to be a serious military fortification, but its style was intended to echo the much larger castles being built by Edward I in North Wales. Originally designed as a prestigious, secure, comfortable home, the castle has changed very little since the 13th century, and is a rare, surviving example of a near complete set of medieval buildings. <br />
<br />
Source: Wikipedia</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazrichardson/31220127858/" title="Panelled chamber, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire"><img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/31220127858_28d02ccd00_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Panelled chamber, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire" /></a></p>

<p>Stokesay Castle near Craven Arms in Shropshire is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. <br />
<br />
The first floor of Stokesay Castle, which formed the original entrance to the tower, contains a 17th-century overmantel or fireplace surround, reusing the original 13th-century fireplace and chimney. The beautiful carved fireplace features male and female figures, interspersed with grotesque heads.<br />
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This is in the two-storey solar or private apartments, which has one of the few post-medieval alterations to the castle, having been refashioned in the 17th century into a fine panelled chamber.<br />
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Stokesay Castle is managed by English Heritage.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson (now away until 26 Oct)</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>We've just returned from a very pleasant week in Shropshire, during which we paid a visit to Stokesay Castle, which is just to the south of Craven Arms. <br />
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This fortified manor house was built in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, then the leading wool merchant in England, who intended it to form a secure residence and generate income as a commercial estate. By the time of the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1641, Stokesay was owned by William Craven, the first Earl of Craven and a supporter of King Charles I. After the Royalist war effort collapsed in 1645, Parliamentary forces besieged the castle in June and quickly forced its garrison to surrender. Parliament ordered the property to be slighted, but only minor damage was done to the walls, allowing Stokesay to continue to be used as a house until the end of the 17th century.<br />
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Architecturally, Stokesay Castle is "one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England", according to historian Henry Summerson. It comprises a walled, moated enclosure, with an entrance way through a 17th-century timber and plaster gatehouse. Inside, the courtyard faces a stone hall and solar block, protected by two stone towers. The hall features a 13th-century wooden-beamed ceiling, and 17th-century carved figures ornament the gatehouse and the solar. The castle was never intended to be a serious military fortification, but its style was intended to echo the much larger castles being built by Edward I in North Wales. The castle has changed very little since the 13th century, and is a rare surviving example of a near complete set of medieval buildings.</p>

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<p>Seen from the south tower, the attractive seventeenth century stone and timber gatehouse at Stokesay Castle, near Craven Arms, Shropshire. Custodians English Heritage claims the castle is the best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. Laurence of Ludlow, at the time one of the country's richest men, built Stokesay Castle at the end of the thirteenth century.</p>

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