Castle & palace

White Tower

📍 London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London🏛 Grade I listed building

The White Tower is the old keep at the Tower of London, its presence defining the fortress since the Norman era. Built by William the Conqueror in the early 1080s, the keep is the castle’s strongest point militarily and also housed the king and his representatives, with a chapel to boot. Henry III ordered the tower whitewashed in 1240, giving the stone its bright appearance that still marks the structure today. The White Tower is a Norman architectural landmark, constructed from Kentish ragstone, and it remains the central pillar of the Tower complex, which housed royal residences and military uses for centuries. Scholars believe construction began around 1075–1079, with a possible pause around 1080 before completion to its present size after a hurricane in 1090, according to dendrochronology and medieval accounts. …
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