England · Partial ruin
Kirby Muxloe Castle
Kirby Muxloe Castle is a late 15th-century fortified manor house in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, begun by William, Lord Hastings in 1480 and left largely incomplete after 1484. The site is a rectangular quadrangular castle surrounded by a water-filled moat; today the gatehouse and the west tower survive as partially intact brick structures. It is managed by English Heritage and protected as a Grade I listed building.
First raised
1480
Its prime
1484
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1484
The shape it held in its prime.
A rectangular quadrangular castle set within a broad water-filled moat and approached by an oak bridge; the north-west gatehouse and the west corner tower survive. Both surviving buildings are of red brick with stone dressings and patterned darker-brick diapering forming symbols; the gatehouse is rectangular with four polygonal turrets, and the west tower projects into the moat with two slightly taller internal corner turrets. Ground-floor gunports puncture the walls; an inner range forms a central lawned courtyard.
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9 places to explore in 1484.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Kirby Muxloe Castle — including 3 interiors: gatehouse ground-floor passage and porter's lodges, gatehouse first floor with portcullis mechanism, west tower single chamber (lodging) with fireplace. 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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