Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
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This medieval castle, spread over six floors, is largely unfurnished. It contains several pieces of 17th-century furniture and tapestries collected by Lord Curzon.
Built in the 1440s for Ralph Cromwell, Lord Treasurer of England, Tattershall Castle is a good example of the tower-lodgings that sprang up all over the country during the 15th century. Tattershall is unique, however, in that it is built of brick, rather than stone or earth and timber as was more common at the time. The sophisticated brickwork in this rectangular, 4-storey tower was a display of Cromwell’s wealth, power and ambition. Inside there are fine contemporary chimneypieces with devices and heraldic decoration as well as heraldic stained-glass windows. Tattershall had fallen into decay by the early 18th century. Threatened with demolition in 1910 it was saved by George Nathaniel Curzon who restored the tower and left it to the National Trust on his death in 1925.
This medieval castle, spread over six floors, is largely unfurnished. It contains several pieces of 17th-century furniture and tapestries collected by Lord Curzon.