Nunney castle, Nunney, Somerset,England. Built in 1373 by Sir John de la Mare, a knight who, having fought for Edward 111 in France, needed an upgrade to his manor house, to reflect his increasing status and wealth. He built it without firstly applying for 'permission to crennellate ' [ build a fortified building ], but because he was in the King's favour, he got away with it !

During the English Civil War, it was held by the royalist Colonel Richard Prater . Besieged by Cromwell's 'roundheads' in 1645, the occupants pulled the ears of a pig each evening to fool their besiegers into thinking they had plenty of food. Unfortunately a traitor told Cromwells army where the weakest point of the wall was, ie the stairs that were built into the wall, thus making it thinner. Cannon swiftly put a hole in the wall, and Colonel Prater surrendered, on condition his caslte would nt be sleighted. Unfortunately, this agreement was not honoured.

The smallish hole in the wall held good until Christmas Day 1910, when the stonework above collapsed, and this is what we see today [ on the other side of the castle ].

Sold unframed, Special DeliveryTracked, in a boarded envelope, wrapped in plastic for extra protection.

Delivery about a week to ten days.