England · Restored
Ypres Tower
Rye Castle, commonly called Ypres Tower, is a three-storey medieval tower-house in Rye, East Sussex, built in the 13th–14th centuries and now a Grade I listed building and museum. The stone fortress has round towers at each corner and historically served defensive and municipal functions, later being used as a prison. It was damaged in World War II and subsequently repaired and restored.
First raised
1249
Its prime
1400
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1400
The shape it held in its prime.
Square-plan, three-storey fortress of iron-stained sandstone with a round tower at each corner; walls of irregular coursed stone with small vertically oriented slit windows and a few larger iron-grilled openings. The north-facing entrance is an arched doorway framed to accept a portcullis. The tower tops present a low parapet and walk around the roofline. The building sits immediately beside the harbour channel with boats and quays close behind.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1400.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Ypres Tower — including 2 interiors: gate passage beneath the portcullis, barred window of a ground-floor cell. 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 Ypres Tower with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1400 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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