The following article – https://castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2024/09/29/penrith-castle-by-foot-a-new-reconstruction/ informs us of a new virtual reconstruction of Penrith Castle (see above). It shows part of the castle with a cutaway revealing some of the interior as it was when Richard, Duke of Gloucester had made improvements, turning it into his “luxury residence”.
In 1471 the young Richard, then Duke of Gloucester, was granted the castle in what is now Cumbria but which until 1974 was the historic county of Cumberland. The grant followed the death of Richard Neville (‘the Kingmaker’), 16th Earl of Warwick and 6th Earl of Salisbury. By the 16th century, although still Crown property, the castle was described as decayed.
There has for some time been a reconstruction of the castle as it was circa 1430 (see below), about forty years before it was granted to Richard.
I’ve found another reconstruction at https://www.caithness.org/caithness/castles/noncaithness/penrithcastlereconstruction.htm, but don’t know the year. I’ve been trying to work it out using the 1430 depiction and the floor plan, but nothing seems to quite fit. Well, it doesn’t seem to fit to me, which means it probably does to everyone else! 🙄
To read more about the reconstruction and about the history of Penrith Castle, see the following links:
https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/09/29/virtual-reconstruction-of-penrith-castle-imagines-how-it-looked-500-years-ago/ here https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24617018.virtual-reconstruction-brings-penrith-castle-life/ here https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/penrith-castle/history/ here https://www.explorepenrith.org.uk/cg/panel7/ and here http://www.matthewpemmott.co.uk/2007/05/penrith-castle-penrith.html. And there are a lot of images at https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/penrith-castle/
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