Wales · Restored
Hay Castle
Hay Castle is a medieval fortification later enlarged with a 17th-century Jacobean mansion, sited on raised ground overlooking Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. The site preserves a medieval keep and a long stone mansion facade and has formal terraced gardens and walled kitchen gardens to the southwest. The restored building now serves as a centre for arts, literature and learning and is a Grade I listed site.
First raised
1070
Its prime
1660
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1660
The shape it held in its prime.
A composite silhouette of a medieval stone keep at the left (thick masonry, small slit windows and a large arched gateway) joined to a long 17th-century Jacobean stone mansion to the right with a two- to three-storey facade, a row of seven gabled dormers, tall rectangular sash windows and a prominent tall red-brick chimney; the building sits on terraced stone retaining walls above the street with clipped yew topiary on the terraces and a freestanding commemorative column below.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1660.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Hay Castle — including 2 interiors: upper floors of the medieval keep integrated into the house, jacobean grand staircase. 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 Hay Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1660 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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