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      • The castle is now open to the public seven days a week and is undergoing a large-scale refurbishment. There is a large sweeping public piazza, allowing access to the cloistered area, renovated in 2019.
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  2. Reputed to be the oldest continually sitting Crown Court in the country, this oak-panelled room still features the original branding iron used on ‘malefactors’ appearing in the dock. The courtroom – but not the branding iron! – is still in use today.

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  3. Nov 18, 2019 · Following a 2-year conservation project, the Duchy of Lancaster has re-opened the historic John O’Gaunt gate and unveiled the new-look Lancaster Castle to the visiting public.

  4. Mar 25, 2021 · Lancaster Castle: A building dating from the 11th century but still in use as court.

  5. Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune .

  6. Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire. 11,992 likes · 37 talking about this · 37,826 were here. Lancaster Castle welcomes visitors of all ages for daily tours, special events and group bookings....

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  7. Nov 11, 2019 · Lancaster Castle has re-opened to the public - with a remodelled “sweeping piazza” and brand new cafe. After extensive conservation and restoration works to the lower courtyard and historic castle buildings over the last year, the John O’Gaunt gate re-opened on Saturday November 9.

  8. The courtroom is still in use today. Shire Hall Joseph Gandy's masterpiece, this magnificent ten-sided room, showcases a semi-circle of Gothic pillars that support the arches over the main part of the court and the arches of the plaster vault over the surrounding aisle.

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