Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire
Artist/Photographer | Pearson, William (fl. 1798-1814?) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Acton Burnell |
Subject Date | 1293 |
Image Date | 1800 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Gothic |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.e.449 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Tower houses ; Country houses ; Ruins |
SOURCE: William Pearson. A Selection of antiquities in the county of Salop (London, 1824), pl. IV NOTES: This copy of the book is a new edition of the original volume, published in 1807. The etched views present in the first edition were reprinted without change. This semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284 and 1293 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor. It was abandoned by the mid-17th century.
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