• Leicester Castle is in the city of the same name in the English county of Leicestershire. The complex is situated in the west of Leicester City Centre...
  • This means that the Leicester Castle listing, referring to the ensemble of the Great Hall, which is the building undergoing adaption, + the motte...
  • A motte-and-bailey castle was built in about 1068 inside the south-west corner of the town, and became the centre of power for the first Norman overlord of Leicester...
  • The castle acted not just as a residence but as the administrative centre of the Honor of Leicester, the Earls collection of estates.
  • King Richard was known to have stayed at Leicester Castle shortly after he succeeded to the throne in 1483, and it was from within the city that he rode out to meet...
  • According to Leicester Museums, the castle was probably built around 1070 (soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066)[2]...
  • Visitors can also climb up the motte which the castle stands on to see the outside of the Great Hall and Leicester city's view.
  • The complex is situated in the west of Leicester City Centre, between Saint Nicholas Circle to the north and De Montfort University to the south.
  • John of Gaunt had Leicester Castle as one of his homes, along with Kenilworth, Tutbury and the Savoy in London.