One look at the location of the castle in today's photograph, overlooked as it is by surrounding hills, tells you that it was not built with defence in mind: that therefore it was constructed during a long period of peace and, despite its towers, battlements, machicolations etc, is a romantic home rather than a defensive fortification. In fact, Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire is the work of the architect Sir Robert Smirke and was built in a Norman Revival style for Earl Somers from 1812 onwards.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
