Spoffourth Castle - Kenning Illustration | Historical Reconstruction Artist and Illustrator

Client:- English Heritage
Project:- A Reconstruction illustration of Spoffourth Castle.

Showing the three key phases of development Early 13th, Late 13th & 15th Century.

Spofforth was the main seat of the Percy family – one of the most important and influential families in northern England – until the late 14th century. William de Percy, a favourite of William the Conqueror, built a manor house here in the 11th century, and it was reputedly here that rebel barons drew up Magna Carta in 1215. The surviving remains are those of a fortified manor house, dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries.

An image that depicts what Spoffourth Castle might've looked like in the 15th century.

15th Century reconstruction

An image that depicts what Spoffourth Castle might've looked like in the 13th century.

Early 13th Century reconstruction

Late 13th Century reconstruction