| Description | Platinotype print. Photographed by J.H. Pickard, 361, Moseley Road, Birmingham. Exposure 3 seconds. Focus of lens 9.5 inch Dallymere. General view of castle with moat. A note on the back of the photograph by the photographer states: 'Astley Castle is a small building almost unaltered as to [exterior] and interior walls, with a picturesque moat enclosing house and garden and a stone bridge in place of a drawbridge, but the interior has been [modernised]. It is the only example of one of the Castles of the 13th Century (Edward I)'. |