Courtyard View

Portcullis

Through the Archway

14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2011

14 Responses to “Bolton Castle – The Courtyard”

  1. jane says:

    I have never been there. Looks interesting and I always try to imagine what it looked like when it was in full operation.

  2. ivan says:

    Seeing all of your pictures of these ruins I often wonder why they are not restored to what they were rather than being allowed to continue to deteriorate.

    Maybe it is a result of allowing the UK to go to ruin over the past 30 odd years.

    • CherryPie says:

      Although not restored to their former glory a lot of the ruins have been restored to maintain their current stature. A lot of work (and money) has gone on to make sure the buildings remain in their current state and do not deteriorate further.

      It is a difficult call… maintain as is or restore and rebuild…

      I would love to see the buildings as they were when built. But I think rebuilding them would lead to a loss of history.

      Maintained as they are provides a platform for that history…

      • ivan says:

        I can’t see how restoring them could lead to a loss of history unless you want to show how things decline.

        Surely restoration would make history a living history and not a depressing ‘look at what we’ve lost’ history.

        • CherryPie says:

          Where I was coming from in relation to the ruined castles is that seeing them in decline actually shows you what various events in history have done.

          Not all of this castle is a ruin and the rooms that aren’t in ruins have been furnished as as they would have been in a particular era in time. In this case showing the Sropes bedrooms and the kitchens and cellars to name a few.

          To me that is a living history, it shows me so much.

          There are some perfect examples of buildings not in decline too. Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle, Caernarfon castle and many more.

          In addition to that restoring a castle such as Bolton back to its former glory would not be viable economically.

  3. Ginnie says:

    I love that you get out-n-about, Cherry, to see all these places! Kinda like what Astrid and I try to do all the time. :)

  4. jameshigham says:

    Redolent of a different time.

  5. J_on_tour says:

    I love these photos & someone is telling me something …..

    ….that this is the second time on blogger that I have commented on these scenes & I promised to go and see them last time. I still haven’t managed to visit this location even though it is probably 90 minutes away from my house.
    Apart from holidays, one of the issues I have at the moment is that destinations on saturdays or weekends happen for other reasons and even though it is within the parameter of my choice to do that, specific “wanted” destinations such as this are very often outside my control of available time :-(

    • CherryPie says:

      Hopefully you will get the chance to visit that area soon. I really enjoyed myself and the scenery is just wonderful.

      Next holiday for me is York :-)