England · Ruin
Basing House
Basing House was a large Tudor palace and fortified house in Old Basing, Hampshire, built from 1531 for William Paulet and greatly expanded in the 16th century. It comprised two linked houses (an Old House within earthwork defences and a much larger New House outside them) and was destroyed by fire after a Parliamentary assault in 1645; only lower-ground brickwork, cellars, foundations and earthworks survive today.
First raised
1531
Its prime
1603
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1603
The shape it held in its prime.
A vast, two-part red-brick Tudor complex: an Old House set inside a broad earthen ringwork with a brick curtain retaining wall and arched basement openings, and a larger New House outside the defences connected by a bridge and gateway. Extensive low-lying ranges of brick with many windows, steep tiled gabled roofs and clusters of tall chimneys rose above the grassy ramparts beside the River Loddon, set within parkland and formal service yards.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1603.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Basing House — including 4 interiors: wine cellar and vaulted storage, service wing with bread ovens, side rooms with salt alcoves and vaulted roofs and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Basing House with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1603 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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