Category: Picture of the Week

Norman Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

The 19th century organ at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Regular readers won’t be surprised to see the church where Shakespeare is buried featured in some way this week, but hopefully I mixed it up a little by posting a picture of the organ and not a grave!

Looking down Chapel Street in Stratford-upon-Avon to the Guildhall and Chapel and King Edward VI School a.k.a. Shakespeare’s School. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass window off the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

This is a full view of the same window from the November 29, 2017 Picture of the Week where I focussed on Wolsey up at the top.

Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

John of Gaunt’s Great Hall at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

The River Lark and some of the ruins of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Wide view of the remains of Castle Acre Castle. Photo May 2015

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Leicester Cathedral, burial place of Richard III. Photo May 2015.

Rear of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester’s initials “RL” on the marble fireplace in Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Royal Arms banner above the grave of Catherine of Aragon at Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Dragon and portcullis statue of the King’s Beasts at the Hampton Court Palace entrance. Photo May 2015.

Norwich Castle. Photo May 2015.

Norwich Castle originally dates from the 11th and 12th centuries and served as a prison for several hundred years, including the Tudor era. The castle was completely refaced in the 19th century but is a faithful recreation of the original. Since the late 19th century is has been the home of the Norwich Museum.

Column in the arcading along the Norman nave of Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Rochester Castle and Walls. Photo May 2015.

Entrance to Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

It looks like I haven’t actually used any of my photos from Castle Rising yet, so it was definitely time to add one. My visit there was in some of the worst weather I had on that trip, but that meant I basically had the place to myself! 🙂

The castle dates from the 12th century and in Tudor times it passed to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and it has stayed in the Howard family ever since.

Decorative vaulting at Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.