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Devizes Castle today

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Devizes Castle

Devizes Castle is a Victorian-era castellated house built atop and around the site of a medieval motte-and-bailey in Devizes, Wiltshire. The present building (designed from about 1840 and extended through the later 19th century) has turrets, battlements and towers in a Neo-Norman / Gothic Revival idiom and is Grade I listed. The medieval motte, moat and some below-ground remains survive as a scheduled monument beneath and around the Victorian structure.

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Its prime

1865

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1865

The shape it held in its prime.

A boldly asymmetrical Victorian castellated house built of pale grey ashlar and coursed stone, dominated by a round flanking tower and crenellated parapets; a semicircular, battlemented gatehouse frames a heavy timber-and-iron portcullis. The composition includes multiple turrets and stepped crenellations, stone mullioned windows, and garden walls on the west side of the mound; the building sits close to the town with a formal garden and the raised motte/ditch partially visible around it.

Step inside

10 places to explore in 1865.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Devizes Castle — including 6 interiors: gate passage beneath the portcullis, turret bedroom in the north tower, grand entrance hall with wooden staircase 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.

Approach road facing gatehouseGate passage beneath the portcullisFront curtain wall and battlementsNorth tower (external view)Turret bedroom in the north towerGrand entrance hall with wooden staircaseDrawing room with ornate plaster ceilingFernery / glass houseLibrary and long galleryGarden and motte (west side)

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