{"id":2191,"date":"2015-05-09T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2015-05-09T21:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T21:00:54","slug":"orford-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2191","title":{"rendered":"Orford Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Orford_8607.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Orford_8607.jpg\" alt=\"Orford Castle from approach\" width=\"431\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Orford_8607.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Orford_8607-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 85vw, 431px\" \/><\/a> The castle was built in the 12th century by King Henry II. Its keep is of unusual design, being circular internally, with three flanking towers which contain the stairs and a number of chambers.<br \/>\nOriginally it had a substantial outer wall with defensive towers, similar to Framlingham Castle, but this has entirely disappeared. The main hall is at first floor level, with another circular hall above.<br \/>\nUnlike the outer walls, the keep is well-preserved. Stairs give access to a basement, various small chambers, and the roof.  The roof towers contain a former bakery and guardroom.<br \/>\nThe flat roof is modern. The original roof was conical and hidden behind the upper walls.<br \/>\nFine views of Orford Ness, the countryside, and the town can be had from the roof.<br \/>\nThe castle makes an interesting visit. Visit time ~ 1.5 hours.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2206\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8609.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8609-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Main stairwell\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2206\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stairwell<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2207\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8610.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8610-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chamber, Orford \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2207\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_2208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2208\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8613.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Orford_8613-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Orford Ness from castle roof\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2208\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orford Ness<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The castle was built in the 12th century by King Henry II. Its keep is of unusual design, being circular internally, with three flanking towers which contain the stairs and a number of chambers. Originally it had a substantial outer wall with defensive towers, similar to Framlingham Castle, but this has entirely disappeared. The main &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orford Castle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}