England · Restored
Thornbury Castle
Thornbury Castle is an early-16th-century Tudor castellated country house in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, built as a grand residence for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. The principal entrance range with its central gatehouse, octagonal corner towers and irregular side ranges survives and the building is now a Grade I listed hotel.
Its prime
1520
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1520
The shape it held in its prime.
Compact, symmetrical entrance range of warm Cotswold ashlar with a central gatehouse flanked by octagonal corner towers and crenellated parapets; adjoining irregular side ranges with steep pitched roofs and small dormer windows. Large stone mullioned windows punctuate the façade. A cylindrical, machicolation-like round tower rises behind the ranges. Multiple tall, patterned brick chimneys puncture the roofline. The castle frames an inner courtyard that opens onto a cobbled approach and lawn.
Step inside
12 places to explore in 1520.
The record describes 12 distinct spots at Thornbury Castle — including 5 interiors: great hall (interior), great kitchen (service range), privy kitchen (smaller service room) 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 Thornbury Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1520 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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