点评:Prudhoe castle was built by Umfraville family between the twelfth and fourteenth century. Acquired by the Percy family in 1381 the stronghold was abandoned in 1672.
In the early nineteenth century Hugh Percy gave Prudhoe a new life when he ordered the ruinous buildings to be cleared away and the old medieval residential wing rebuilt as a house for his local land agent.
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Visitors can discover Prudhoe castle with the help of an excellent guidebook. There are also some reconstruction drawings.
The tour takes you past the ruins of the keep (dated 1180) and the sparse remains of the chamber block (dated 1200) into the outer bailey where only foundations remain of the great hall, solar and kitchen. Past the gatehouse (dated 1150, housing the chapel but inaccessible) and the barbican you can walk around the curtain walls (dated 1330) and into the pele yard which formerly housed stables and barns.
Neither curtain wall nor towers can be climbed.
Prudhoe castle still looks defendable. The crenellated facade and reinserted medieval windows make the nineteenth century house blend in well with the medieval structures. I would love living here. The fortress looks very picturesque.
翻译:普鲁德霍城堡由 Umfraville 家族于 12 至 14 世纪建造。1381 年,珀西家族收购了这座要塞,1672 年被废弃。
19 世纪初,休·珀西下令清理废墟,将中世纪的旧住宅翼重建为当地土地代理人的住所,普鲁德霍城堡因此焕发新生。
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游客可以借助一本出色的旅游指南探索普鲁德霍城堡。这里还有一些重建图纸。
游览将带您穿过主楼废墟(建于 1180 年)和稀疏的室内建筑残骸(建于 1200 年),进入外城墙,那里只剩下大厅、日光浴室和厨房的地基。穿过门楼(建于 1150 年,内有教堂,但无法进入)和碉堡,您可以绕着幕墙(建于 1330 年)走进以前是马厩和谷仓的佩莱庭院。
幕墙和塔楼都无法攀爬。
普拉德霍城堡看起来仍然可防守。城垛状的外墙和重新插入的中世纪窗户使这座十九世纪的房子与中世纪建筑融为一体。我很乐意住在这里。这座堡垒看起来非常美丽。