Shrewsbury Castle

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castle historic building tourist attraction

Shrewsbury Castle is a historic red sandstone fortress in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, notable for its Norman origins and its role in the town’s medieval defenses.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Shrewsbury Castle (on higher ground nearby) 1
Shrewsbury Castle gardens 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Norman ⓘ
builder Roger de Montgomery ⓘ
builtFor William the Conqueror ⓘ
category Castles in Shropshire ⓘ
Grade I listed castles in Shropshire ⓘ
Museums in Shropshire ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1070 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse military museum ⓘ
hasPart Great Hall ⓘ
Shrewsbury Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shrewsbury Castle gardens

curtain walls ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
inner bailey ⓘ
outer bailey ⓘ
tower ⓘ
hasView Severn ⓘ
surface form: River Severn

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Shrewsbury town centre
hasWebsite https://www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/shrewsbury-castle/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
houses Shropshire Regimental Museum ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
locatedOn a hill above the River Severn ⓘ
location Shrewsbury ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
material red sandstone ⓘ
near Shrewsbury railway station ⓘ
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Shrewsbury town centre
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Shropshire Council ⓘ
ownedBy Shropshire Council ⓘ
partOf medieval defenses of Shrewsbury ⓘ
significantEvent Victorian-era modifications ⓘ
alterations in the 13th century ⓘ
damaged during the English Civil War ⓘ
restored in the 18th century ⓘ
strengthened during the reign of Henry II ⓘ
surroundedBy Shrewsbury Castle gardens ⓘ
use administrative centre ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
museum ⓘ
residence of the Sheriff of Shropshire ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Severn in Shrewsbury → adjacentTo → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shrewsbury Castle (on higher ground nearby)
Shropshire → contains → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
Shrewsbury → hasLandmark → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England → hasLandmark → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
Shrewsbury Castle → hasPart → Shrewsbury Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shrewsbury Castle gardens
Shropshire Regimental Museum → locatedIn → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
Great Hall → partOf → Shrewsbury Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Hall at Shrewsbury Castle