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Castle Lane, WARWICK, CV34 4EB

Back Lane heads for High Street, lower left. Castle Lane continues along the walls of the Castle grounds, which display some splendid evergreen trees. No.18, the white modern house, has a fine view of them; it was for sale at the time of the photo.

A relatively quiet residential road following the castle wall. A couple of towers are just visible over the wall.

One of several resident birds to be seen in the castle grounds.

A slightly foreshortened zoom view towards the Castle from High Street.

From the High Street frontage it's not obvious how far back the hotel extends. It looked like this in 2009 Image but on the evidence of a brief visit since then the hotel has been modernised inside – unlike the Lord Leycester Hotel along the road, recently converted to apartments and houses. The photo was taken just after 4pm in early November.

A quiet residential spot in an area that sees a lot of visitors.

According to the plaque on the building "Here lived Thomas Oken, a great benefactor to Warwick. He died here on the 29th July 1573". Thomas Oaken was a mercer and was Master of the Guild in 1545 at the time that Warwick was granted its town charter. When Henry VIII dissolved the guilds Thomas Oaken was one of the masterminds behind transferring the assets of the Guilds to the local corporation and charitable funds before they could be seized by the crown. The charities he helped found are still active to this day as can be seen at Image

Situated in Jury Street at Image, this building houses the Town Council Chamber and the Tourist Information Centre. It also has an elegant ballroom on the first floor that is still used for public occasions. As recorded by the Image it was built in 1725 and it replaced a tavern which survived the fire of 1694 and above which was the Mayor's Parlour.

Anyone remember "Dangerfield"? His surgery is on the left.

Looking east along Jury Street at the point that used to be the main crossroads at the centre of Warwick. Church Street to the left led to the town's north gate and thence the road towards Birmingham. The Image protrudes slightly on the right and marks the corner of Image that at one time continued directly in front of Warwick Castle and led to the original medieval bridge Image, and thence the high road to Banbury. In the distance the tower of Image can be seen. The two three storeyed buildings on the left flanking the junction with Church Street along with the one on the right just before Castle Street and the Court House are of similar designs with matching cornices and pilasters of Corinthian, Ionic and Doric orders. Their design was ordered by the Fire Commissioners after the original buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire in 1694. Most other replacement buildings were limited to two floors however these were allowed to have three storeys due to their prominent position.