Description
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil and watercolour'
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
© Royal Collection Trust
Location
Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Leicestershire, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. The castle was built by William, Lord Hastings, a favourite of Edward IV, after 1473. Constructed on the site of an older manor house, two large towers and various smaller buildings had been constructed by 1483, when Hastings was executed by Richard, Duke of Gloucester. The castle became famous after it featured in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe in 1819, and its owner, Francis Rawdon, opened the ruins to visitors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_de_la_Zouch_Castle
