Part of the kitchen cellars, part of the ruins of Basing House, Old Basing, Hampshire, UK.

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"The earliest visible features at Basing House today are the huge circular bank (or ringwork) and defensive ditches of a castle built in the 1100s by the de Port family, who arrived with William the Conqueror in the Norman invasion of 1066. It was on top of these castle remains that Sir William Paulet, the first Marquess of Winchester and Lord Treasurer of England, chose to build his new house in 1535. When first built it was the largest private house in the country with around 360 rooms, and in its heyday was frequently visited by the monarchs of the day including Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and Philip II of Spain and Queen Mary I who honeymooned there in 1554 after their marriage in nearby Winchester"

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Size: 2415px × 3624px
Location: Basing Grange, The Street, Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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