England · Partial ruin
Cooling Castle
Cooling Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle in Cooling, Kent, built in the 1380s for the Cobham family. Its plan comprises two walled wards of unequal size arranged side-by-side within a figure-of-eight moat system. The castle was designed to be defended with gunpowder weapons and retains a prominent outer gatehouse, curtain walls and several towers amid largely ruined fabric; a later farmhouse and outbuildings occupy part of the outer ward today.
First raised
1380
Its prime
1385
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1385
The shape it held in its prime.
A low-profile, stone quadrangular castle composed of two unequal walled wards set side-by-side within a figure-of-eight moat and ditches; the larger outer ward to the east, the smaller inner ward on a higher mound to the west. The outer gatehouse adjoins the road and presents two semi-circular stone towers about 12 m high with machicolations and crenelations flanking an arched gateway (c.3 × 5 m). Horseshoe-shaped corner towers project from the outer curtain; the inner curtain stands 3–6 m high with two surviving corner towers c.7 m.
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8 places to explore in 1385.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Cooling Castle — including 2 interiors: gate passage between towers, vaulted undercroft under the great chamber. 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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