Weobley Castle, Wales
Weobley Castle (pronounced "weblee "; cy, Castell Weble) is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks List of villages in Gower#Llanrhidian, Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the River Loughor#Estuary, Loughor estuary. The castle The existing buildings were largely created between 1304 and 1327 by the de la Bere family. They consist of a gateway, a hall and kitchen, a chapel block and an east range, enclosing a courtyard, all now in a semi-ruinous state. The buildings are largely constructed of rubble masonry with window and door features of sandstone.Williams (1998), pp. 38–41. The gateway, at the west of the castle, is framed to its north by the solar (room), solar block, which contained the lord's private chamber, a latrine and a cellar space. To the south of the gateway is the so-called Cistern Turret, which is believed to have contained a cistern for rainwater storage; behind this is the South-West Tower, ...
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Weobley Castle
Weobley Castle may refer to: *Weobley Castle, Herefordshire *Weobley Castle, Gower See also *Weoley Castle Weoley Castle is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The area is part of the Weoley local authority electoral ward, and also comes under the Northfield local council constituency. The suburb of Weoley Castle is ...