In Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, there is a castle called Tattershall Castle. Robert de Tattershall constructed a stone castle or a fortified manor house in 1231, which is where Tattershall Castle got its start. Between 1430 and 1450, Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, the Treasurer of England, completely renovated and expanded this using bricks. In England, brick castles are less prevalent than stone, earth, and timber structures; when brick was used for construction, it was frequently done so for aesthetic or fashion reasons. The Flemish weavers started the habit of employing bricks. Although there was an abundance of stone in the area, Cromwell decided to utilize brick. Constructed with over 700,000 bricks, the castle has been hailed as the best example of English medieval brickwork. The moat and the 130-foot Great Tower of the fortress made by Lord Cromwell are still intact. The three state rooms of the castle are believed to have originally been exquisitely furnished, with massive Gothic fireplaces that adorned the apartments with tapestries and chimney pieces. The castle was allegedly an early example of a residential country home disguising itself as a fortress. After Oliver Cromwell died in 1456, his niece Joan Bouchier initially inherited the castle. However, following the death of her husband, the Crown seized the property, and it was owned by the royal family from King Edward IV to King Henry VIII. After recovering Tattershall Castle in 1560, Sir Henry Sidney sold it to Lord Clinton, who would go on to become the Earl of Lincoln. The Earls of Lincoln owned Tattershall Castle until 1693. After passing to the Fortesques, it was neglected. In 1910, it was listed for sale. The enormous medieval fireplaces, its finest treasures, remained intact. They had been torn apart and packed for shipping when an American purchased them. At the last minute, Lord Curzon of Kedleston intervened to purchase the castle, and he was adamant about recovering the fireplaces back. They were located in London and brought back following a nationwide search. From 1911 and 1914, he worked on the renovation of castles. After he passed away in 1925, one of the three most significant mid-15th-century brick castles still standing in the United Kingdom was given to the National Trust. Lord Curzon advocated for historic protection legislation in Britain as a result of the Tattershall tragedy, and the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act 1913 was the result [Information and Image Credit : Tattershall_Castle,_Lincolnshire, Wikipedia] [Wikipedia-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattershall_Castle,_Lincolnshire ] [Image : Great Tower of Tattershall Castle with its three different entrances; Wikipedia-Image-Author : Brian from UK] [Image Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License; (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property and Sharing, Remixing or Attributing the Work)] [License-Link : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en ] [Original Wikipedia-Image-Source-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tattershall_Castle,_2006.jpg ] #History#Architecture#Castles
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