Most of Lincolnshire, the Wolds aside, is pretty flat, and certainly more so the further south and east you go. What better way to make a statement about your power and wealth then, than to build a huge red-brick castle with views from Lincoln to Boston. Although there was originally a castle, or manor house, on the grounds, built by Robert de Tateshale in 1231, it was Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell and Treasurer of England for Henry VI who decided to put a more distinctive mark on the landscape. Eschewing dreary stone, Lord Cromwell decided to use locally-sourced, and far more fashionable, red brick, building the Great Tower, kitchens, stable, gatehouse and guardhouse between 1420 and 1450.
The Castle went through various hand and suffered damage in 1643 during…
