Where I live.......Norwich......A fine city...Todays post is Norwich Castle.

I'm at a bit of a loose end about what to blog at the moment as I have been laid up with the flu all week so I decided to share my local city with the world. I live in Norwich which is in the U.K in a county called Norfolk (Nelsons County).

Norwich is full of lovely people and has so many things to see and do. Although it is not as bustling as the major UK cities such as London and Manchester, Norwich has it's own historical buildings to visit, great shops, bars, cinemas and lcoal atrractions.

I hope you enjoy my posts and to start I am going to tell you a bit about Norwich Castle.

From around 1067 the Normans decimated no less than 98 Saxon homes in Norwich to clear a path to make space for Norwich Castle. Inside of which they manufactured a wooden fortress, encompassed by profound guarded dry trench.

Once completed, work was started on the stone keep in 1094 by King William (Rufus) II. Following his demise in 1100 it was proceeded by his sibling King Henry I and finished by 1121.

An imperial royal residence

Norwich Castle was intended to be an imperial royal residence as opposed to a stronghold. In any case, no Norman lords at any point lived in it. The main time Henry I is known to have remained at Norwich Castle was for Christmas 1121, a visit investigated in detail in the showcases in the Castle Keep.

Norwich Castle keep was assembled utilizing limestone dispatched from Caen in France at a cost of more than three times the first estimation of the stone!

Initially the ground floor dividers were looked in glaring difference, an unmistakable difference to the white limestone of the Royal Palace on the upper level. The upper floor (where the overhang now stands) was isolated into two areas. On the north side was the Great Hall, and on the south were the imperial quarters which involved an expansive parlor, rooms and a private church. Inside the external dividers is a walkway (battling exhibition) where officers could watch the building.

The area gaol

From the fourteenth century the keep was utilized as an area gaol, until another gaol, composed by Sir John Soane, was developed both inside and around the keep in 1792-93.

The jail was immediately observed as obsolete and hard to watch thus the outside piece was crushed in the vicinity of 1822 and 1827.

Nearby engineer William Wilkins won the opposition (and £100) to outline the new jail. Wilkins had a distinct fascination in antiquarianism and it's gratitude to his endeavors that numerous unique highlights, for example, the Norman column bases in the keep stay right up 'til the present time.

In the vicinity of 1834 and 1839, Norwich Castle's decrepit outside was refaced in Bath stone by Architect, John Salvin. His work steadfastly repeats the detailed clear arcading that influenced Norwich To mansion a standout amongst the most extravagantly improved of every Norman keep.

Turning into an exhibition hall

In 1883 the area gaol moved to Mousehold Heath in Norwich and work started on changing over the working into an exhibition hall. Edward Boardman was dispatched to change over the keep and jail. His work included tearing out Soane's jail cell piece and expelling rubble from the lower two meters of the keep. To help the new rooftop, Boardman fabricated two fine open curves down the focal point of the keep and introduced a gallery at the level of the first Norman floor.

In 1894 Norwich Castle opened as an exhibition hall. It showed the accumulations of the prior Norfolk and Norwich Museum, which had possessed different locales in the city since 1825, nearby accumulations from supporters.

Until this day visitors to the city can gain admission to the Castle Museum with great exhibitions where you can learn about the cities history and take part in many activities all year round. The castle offers guided tours which include visiting the dark dungeons and top barracks of the castle.

On bonfire night thousands of local residents gather at Norwich market and the surrounding streets to see the castle be lit up by an impressive fireworks display which is supplied for free by the local council.

Although I was young I can also remember seeing in the Millenium with a fireworks display outside the castle and an impressive light show.

I would recommend anyone visiting the city to visit the castle for a guarenteed great day out.

Tomorrow I will be posting about another of Norwich's fine historical buildings, Norwich Cathedral.