Ruins to Revival
Ruins to Revival is a captivating outdoor exhibition that invites visitors on a journey through the castle’s dramatic history. Located within its own garden area within the castle grounds the exhibition displays a series of rediscovered watercolours and illustrations, tracing Sudeley’s changing fortunes. The story begins with Sudeley's deliberate slighting under Cromwell’s orders in the English Civil War, its years of picturesque abandonment, to its astonishing Victorian restoration.
At the heart of the exhibition is a collection of large-scale watercolours painted in 1818 by renowned topographical artist, John Buckler. These rediscovered paintings offer a rare glimpse of the castle in its ruined state. Along with these evocative artworks, visitors can explore pieces of the stone castle ruins, immerse themselves in a civil war short film and view the original alabaster block from the original Tudor burial of Queen Katherine Parr.
Join us this year to learn more about Sudeley as an historic Tudor monument and fascinating family home.
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