England · Partial ruin
Bletsoe Castle
Bletsoe Castle was a late-medieval fortified manor house in the village of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. It originated with a licence to crenellate granted in 1327 and was later rebuilt as a quadrangular, multi-storey house in the late 16th or early 17th century; much of that later building was subsequently demolished, leaving a smaller structure within the medieval earthworks and moat.
First raised
1327
Its prime
1600
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1600
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad circular site set within a wide water-filled moat about 130 metres across, containing a compact quadrangular manor-house of three to four storeys with rows of gabled windows around an enclosed courtyard. Remains of medieval crenellation survive at the roofline where earlier fortification met later domestic ranges. The site is surrounded by low earthwork banks and lies in open Bedfordshire farmland; the moat is discontinuous in places today but was continuous at its prime.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1600.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Bletsoe Castle — including the full exterior approach. 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 Bletsoe Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1600 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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