Castle Hedingham

The Archbishop of Canterbury (William de Corbeuil) designed Hedingham Castle for Aubrey de Vere II in 1140. Hedingham was built as a strong-hold for the family.

The keep walls were faced with Ashlar stone, which was very expensive and needed to be transported all the way from the quarries of Barnack in Northamptonshire. This would make the castle able to withstand the weather and would make the walls more "attractive to the eye." Hedingham had four stories, including the basement.

Hedingham Castle was owned by Aubrey de Vere II
Aubrey de Vere III
Robert de Vere I
Hugh de Vere
Robert de Vere II
John de Vere.... and so on.

The castle is still owned by members of the original family. One of the owners smashed a hole through one of the walls so he could get his carriage into the basement, he used it as a garage.

Castle Hedingham is still owned by members of the de Vere family. It is now used as a museum and is a good place for school groups to visit because it is still in almost the same condition as it was in the Middle Ages. All the walls are still intact, except the curtain wall, which has disappeared.

I built this model with foam-core, glue, cardboard and styrofoam. The first time I tried to glue the styrofoam to the foam-core, the glue melted holes in the styrofaom. Then I had to find a new glue.

First I glued the outer walls (foam-core) together. Then I drew the wall patterns on foam-core and cut them out to the shape of the windows, arches, etc. After that I put in the floors, backed the wall patterns with styrofoam, and glued it all together. It took me at least two weeks to gather all the materials together and build it.

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