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Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the South Downs cut by the River Ouse and occupied by the towns of Lewes and Cliffe. It stands on a man-made mount just to the north of the high street in Lewes, and is constructed ...
Lewes Castle, Warenne's ancestral home, built in 1069. Warenne was the son and heir of William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey, and Maud Marshal.His mother was the daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and widow of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, making Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk his elder half-brother.
Lews Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Leòdhais) is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.It was built in the years 1844–51 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese opium trade.
The keep at Pevensey Castle is nationally significant and is entirely different from most castles as enormous buttresses were built which extended 9 metres (30 ft) beyond the walls and were over 6 metres (20 ft) thick. [83] Lewes Castle is, with Lincoln Castle, one of only two castles in England with two mottes.
Upload Photo: Hastings. Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] ... Lewes castle: Lewes: Wall: 12th century: 16 March 1970
[5] [6] Wilds senior's first independent design commission was an extension to the nave of All Saints Church in Lewes, which he executed in red brick in contrast to the flint tower. [7] In 1810, he built Castle Place on the High Street, part of which was later converted into a house for the palaeontologist Gideon Mantell. [8]
Coombe Place Offham, Hamsey, Lewes: Farmhouse: 1657: 17 March 1952: 1221911: Upload Photo: Hamsey House Cottage Yeomans Hamsey, Lewes: House: 19th century: 20 August ...
On 18 June 1846 a meeting was convened by Mark Antony Lower, William Henry Blaauw and William Figg at County Hall in Lewes at which the Sussex Archaeological Society was formally established. [ 1 ] In 1864 the Society appointed its first curator and librarian, and in 1866 the first museum catalogue was compiled.