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Torksey Castle

            This sixteenth century Tudor stone-built fortified manor house was built by the wealthy Jermyn family of Suffolk. The building is on the Buildings at Risk Register and the site is strictly private, with no public access.

Torksey Castle was never a csatle. It was built as a house but may have got its name because it bears similar architectural design features, including angular projecting towers and crow stepped gables, to a castle. Alternatively it may have been built on the site of an earlier medieval castle.

The house was lived in for less than a hundred years, falling victim to the English Civil War. Having been taken from the Royalist Jermyn family by Parliamentarians, it was burned by Royalist soldiers based at Newark. Very little of the structure remained. Though the Jermyn family who built the house retained control of the estate after the Civil War, the property was not restored, but continued to deteriorate. The remains of the buildings were scavenged for usable building supplies by residents of the area. Also, the hall was built quite close to the flood-prone River Trent, which may have stood the family in good stead as a source of transportation and commerce (as the Lords of Torksey had been permitted to levy tolls on the river's travellers), but which also contributed to the damage of the building through flooding. In 1961, the Trent River board buried part of the ruins when raising the river bank.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Torksey (show map)

Taken on: August 9, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/10.0, 1/400 sec, 14mm (=21mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 21mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-5/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000
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