Baconsthorpe Castle

What a treat...B and I joined other members of the U3A Digital Photography Group for the first photoshoot since lockdown.  Annoyingly it was raining lightly, but we all put our waterproofs on and carried on regardless.

Of course, that meant all my photos feature a flat grey sky so I faffed around with this image to make it look a bit misty (and hopefully a bit mysterious).

Baconsthorpe Castle is intimately linked to the dramatic rise and fall of the Heydon family, who lived there for 200 years.
The Heydons first made their fortunes as lawyers, but the main source of their wealth came from the wool industry. Baconsthorpe Castle was built as their main residence in about 1450, and became larger and more elaborate as the family’s wealth grew. The accumulation of large debts, however, forced them to demolish much of the castle in 1650.