Key Features of Kenilworth
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- Created on: 02-06-18 18:02
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- Kenilworth - Key Features
- Lantern windows in Leicester's building
- First of their kind
- Became part of high style in 1580s and 90s
- Incredibly expensive
- Elizabethan Garden
- Created for Elizabeth's long stay in 1575
- For Elizabeth's use only, part of attempt to marry her
- Contained features that reminded of Dudley's suitability as a husband.
- Model for many other gardens to follow
- The Great Hall
- Modelled on Windsor Castle in the 1530s. Showcased wealth and status
- Widest roofed space in England at the time, except for Westminster hall in London
- Said to be the "finest sweep of semi-royal apartments of the later middle ages to survive in Britain"
- The Mere
- Made castle practically impregnable from one side
- Meant castle could have a minor garrison
- King John's fortifications
- Had towers, buttresses, a portcullis and thickr walls
- Meant castle was very difficult to overpower
- Lantern windows in Leicester's building
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