Wales · Ruin
Ruperra Castle
Ruperra Castle is an early 17th-century mock castle near Lower Machen in Caerphilly, Wales, built in 1626 and long associated with the Morgan family. The building and its surrounding park are designated (Grade II* for the building, and Grade II for the gardens) and it is privately owned but ruinous and deteriorating. The castle was extensively used and altered through the 19th and early 20th centuries and was gutted by fire during the Second World War.
Its prime
1939
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1939
The shape it held in its prime.
A three-storey rectangular Jacobean-style mock castle with a crenellated parapet running along the roofline, a central projecting south porch bearing a royal coat of arms, and a pair of cylindrical angle towers flanking the main block (the eastern tower partially collapsed today). The façade is of grey rendered stone with tall mullioned windows set in regular rows; in its prime the roof and glazing were intact and the house stood within landscaped parkland beside the Rhymney River.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1939.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Ruperra Castle — including the full exterior approach. 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 Ruperra Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1939 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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