England · Partial ruin
Someries Castle
Someries Castle is a 15th-century fortified manor house in the parish of Hyde near Luton, Bedfordshire, built by Sir John Wenlock. Although always called a castle, the surviving fabric is principally the brick gatehouse which incorporates a chapel and lodge; the main mansion was never fully completed and was partly demolished in the 18th century.
Its prime
1470
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1470
The shape it held in its prime.
A low-profile 15th-century fortified manor of early red brick, dominated by a projecting brick gatehouse that incorporates a chapel and adjoining lodge; the surviving masonry is exposed English-made brickwork rather than dressed stone. The mansion comprised enclosing brick ranges around a central courtyard with nearby formal garden earthworks visible in the surrounding groundplan; roofs and timber fittings would have completed the ranges at the building's prime.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1470.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Someries Castle — including 3 interiors: gatehouse passage, chapel (within gatehouse), lodge rooms (within gatehouse). 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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