Isigodlo
Baconsthorpe Castle
Abantu bendawo abangu-17 bayatusa
Indawo
Castle Lane
Baconsthorpe, England
Amacebiso avela kubantu bendawo
If you are an early bird, try to get here at dawn to see the barn owls return from a nights hunting. A truly amazing sight
This is one of our favourite places. It is often very quiet here and is the perfect place for a picnic and a peaceful read. There are no shops, cafes or.....anything other than tranquility really!
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons. Over 200 years, successive generations of this ambitious family built, then enlarged, and finally abandoned this castle. Sir John Heydon probably built the strong inner gatehouse during the turbulent Wars of the Roses period, and his son Sir Henry, whose memorial can be seen in Baconsthorpe Church, completed the fortified house. In more peaceful times, their descendants converted part of the property into a textile factory, and then added the turreted Elizabethan outer gateway, inhabited until 1920.
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons. Over 200 years, successive generations of this ambitious family built, then enlarged, and finally abandoned this ca…
Abantu bendawo baphinde batuse
- Indawo othenga futhi uphuze kuyo utshwala
- Abantu bendawo abangu-86 bayatusa