Harry Attwell as Sherlock Holmes
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Built in... Nope, not going to do that spiral staircase, that's mental.
I'll walk this way instead.
Built in the 13th century, the 1200s.
But why was a castle built in Sussex all that time ago, John?
Well, you of course know that the Second Barons' War between 1264...
And 1267 was a civil war in England between the forces of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the future King Edward I. Yeah, that was Wikipedia, sorry.
But yeah, some old Musgraves, royalist fanboy Musgraves, I should add, built this place for defence and it became...
as unbelievable as it is to say when you're staring at cobwebs dangling 20 feet above your head, a home.
They stayed as staunch royalists and... Oh, shit.
Literally just walked into a knight in shining armour.
Oh, sorry, mate, let's put you back together.
For fuck's sake, 1645, that's ancient.
So, yeah, well, that shiny knight over there fought out the next civil war, the big one, 1640s.