England · Still standing
Wisbech Castle
Wisbech Castle began as a Norman motte-and-bailey and was rebuilt and altered repeatedly; by the late 15th century it had become a brick Bishop's Palace rebuilt under John Morton and completed/expanded by John Alcock. The site later served as a prison and was redeveloped several times; a Regency house now occupies the central position in the Circus while medieval cellars and foundations survive below ground. The castle's exact medieval layout is imperfectly known.
Its prime
1500
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1500
The shape it held in its prime.
A late-15th-century bishop's palace of red brick with Ketton stone dressings, formed of rectangular ranges around an inner court; low pitched tiled roofs punctuated by multiple tall clustered chimneys; stone-dressed window openings and arched gateways; a circular stone tower or keep rising above the ranges (attested on a contemporary seal); the complex set inside a moat with a stone bridge/pons and walled gardens and service ranges, appearing complete and continuously occupied.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1500.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Wisbech Castle — including 4 interiors: palace chapel, le dungeon (prison cell), bakehouse and service range 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.
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See Wisbech Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1500 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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