England · Demolished
Tong Castle
Tong Castle was a large Gothic-style country house in Shropshire rebuilt in 1765 on the site of a medieval castle and later demolished in 1954. The 18th-century house combined a retained 16th-century red-brick main block with Strawberry Hill Gothic additions: crenellated towers, ogee domes and large bay windows, set in parkland landscaped by Capability Brown with ponds and clumps of trees.
Its prime
1800
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1800
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad two-storey country house built onto a retained 16th-century red-brick main block, dressed with pale stone details; the roofline is enlivened by crenellated parapets and multiple square corner towers topped by small ogee (onion-shaped) domes with finials. The façade has large rectangular paned windows and generous projecting bay windows, circular windows and cruciform stone motifs on upper levels. The house sits in Capability Brown parkland of lawns, scattered clumps of oak and beech, with ornamental pools nearby.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1800.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Tong Castle — including 1 interior: the red room (named interior). 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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See Tong Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1800 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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