England · Restored
Muncaster Castle
Muncaster Castle is a privately owned medieval and later country house in Muncaster parish, Cumbria, overlooking the River Esk near Ravenglass. The estate has belonged to the Pennington family for many centuries and the house incorporates a medieval pele tower and a great hall alongside extensive 19th-century remodelling by Anthony Salvin. Today it is a restored family home and visitor attraction with gardens, an aviary and displays of the castle's historic objects.
First raised
1258
Its prime
1866
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1866
The shape it held in its prime.
Long rectangular main range of reddish-brown rubble stone with ashlar window dressings, flanked by two large square crenellated towers at each end. Central projecting bay with tall mullioned windows and an entrance porch; continuous crenellated parapet and low roofline with several brick chimneys. The façade rises two to three storeys with regular rectangular windows; extensive lawn and gardens lie in front and the castle stands above the River Esk valley to the west.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1866.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Muncaster Castle — including 4 interiors: great hall interior, room housing the luck of muncaster, gallery with the tom skelton portrait 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.
Create History
See Muncaster Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1866 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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