{"id":9798,"date":"2025-06-19T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9798"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:24:18","slug":"stokesay-castle-a-fortified-manor-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9798","title":{"rendered":"Stokesay Castle: A Fortified Manor House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The classic view of Stokesay Castle from the path from the visitor centre: this is the ‘Gatehouse’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month I visited Stokesay Castle – a fortified manor house in Shropshire managed by English Heritage. This was the start of a short holiday in the region. I found it a fascinating place to visit with a lot of interest: what follows is a selection of the photos I took on this visit. I intend to return later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a wealth of detail in the woodwork, including intricate carvings:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carving on a wooden post forming the entrance to the Gatehouse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Stokesay Castle: Great hall and South Tower, a panoramic view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The woodwork supporting the roof of the Great hall is just amazing. The stairs and landing lead to an upstairs room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great hall upstairs room roof detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This intricate carving is above a fireplace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I do like to try and put the subject of my photos into context: This view from the South Tower shows the site in the landscape of south Shropshire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of the site from the south tower showing the surrounding landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But I also enjoy seeing the detail:<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is a wooden door in the Gatehouse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Then, on the way out, there was this view of the North Tower over the moat:<\/p>\n\n\n

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North Tower looking out over the moat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Finally, I show a #imagedump of the photos from this visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#imagedump of this visit to Stokesay Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well worth another visit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month I visited Stokesay Castle – a fortified manor house in Shropshire managed by English Heritage. This was the start of a short holiday in the region. I found it a fascinating place to visit with a lot of interest: what follows is a selection of the photos I took on this visit. … Continue reading “Stokesay Castle: A Fortified Manor House”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,102,145,11,3,87,95,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-heritage","category-historic-houses-and-gardens","category-imagedump","category-landscape","category-photography","category-rural","category-shropshire","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9813,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9798\/revisions\/9813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}