England · 15th century
Baconsthorpe Castle ranks #4,357 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #283 of the 360 mapped in England. Founded c. 1470, it is older than 45% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
Baconsthorpe Castle, historically known as Baconsthorpe Hall, is a ruined, fortified manor house near the village of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England. It was established in the 15th century on the site of a former manor hall, probably by John Heydon I and his father, William. John was an ambitious lawyer with many enemies and built a tall, fortified house, but his descendants became wealthy sheep farmers, and being less worried about attack, developed the property into a more elegant, courtyard house, complete with a nearby deer park.
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