England · Restored
Dunster Castle
Dunster Castle sits atop the Tor overlooking the village of Dunster in Somerset. The site developed from an early motte-and-bailey into a medieval castle with a later Jacobean mansion in the Lower Ward and substantial Victorian Gothic remodelling in the 19th century. It is now a National Trust property and a Grade I listed building.
Its prime
1870
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1870
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep wooded hill (the Tor), the composition shows a dominant upper ward keep and a lower-ward Jacobean manor with square corner towers and a symmetrical stone front. A separate multi-storey gatehouse built of Bristol red sandstone stands at right-angles to the approach. Stone is pale ash to warm sandstone with areas of red sandstone dressings; roofs are stone-tiled with multiple gables and crenellated parapets. At prime the roofs, mullioned windows and battlements are complete and intact.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1870.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Dunster Castle — including 3 interiors: great gatehouse apartments, chapel of saint stephen, kitchen and bakehouse area. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Dunster Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1870 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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