{"id":983,"date":"2011-11-20T12:11:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T12:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=983"},"modified":"2013-05-08T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T08:23:04","slug":"kenilworth-castle-warwickshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1617\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7382.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7382.jpg\" alt=\"Kenilworth keep &amp; ruins\" title=\"Kenilworth\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7382.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7382-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenilworth keep<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>English Heritage<\/em><br \/>\nKenilworth Castle was founded in the 12th century, and expanded in Tudor times to a semi-royal palace. In 1649 it was partly destroyed by the Parliamentary forces to prevent it being used again as a fortress. It was defended by a marsh and lake outside the wall of the great outer bailey.<br \/>\nThe inner court contains the old keep, John O\u2019Gaunt\u2019s hall, and Leicester\u2019s Tudor building.  Leicester\u2019s Tudor gatehouse (recently restored and opened) stands to the north of the outer bailey.  An Elizabethan knot garden has also been recreated in this area.<br \/>\nThe castle, though much ruined, is one of the most impressive of the English castles, and there is plenty for the visitor to see. It is also a regular venue for historical re-enactments. The interior of the Gatehouse is worth seeing, as is the new Knot Garden.<br \/>\nWhen I visited, Leicester&#8217;s Building was out of bounds and full of scaffolding &#8211; new viewing platforms are promised for the summer.<br \/>\nAn audio tour is available.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1618\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7384.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth_7384-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kenilworth knot garden\" title=\"Kenilworth Gdn.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1618\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-985\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Re-enactment scene at castle\" title=\"Kenilworth001\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-985\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Re-enactment<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-986\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth003-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Re-enactment scene at Kenilworth\" title=\"Kenilworth003\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-986\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Re-enactment <\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Re-enactment <\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenilworth006-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Re-enactment at Kenilworth\" title=\"Kenilworth006\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-987\" \/><\/a>  <em>Click on image to enlarge<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage Kenilworth Castle was founded in the 12th century, and expanded in Tudor times to a semi-royal palace. In 1649 it was partly destroyed by the Parliamentary forces to prevent it being used again as a fortress. It was defended by a marsh and lake outside the wall of the great outer bailey. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire&#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":[6,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983"}],"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=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}