The castle is a noble pile, of Early Tudor building (its history is recorded in England's history books and Viollet-le-Duc has written of its architecture, according to Something Fresh). One of England's largest stately homes, it dominates the surrounding country, standing on a knoll of rising ground at the southern end of the celebrated Vale of Blandings; the Severn gleams in the distance. From its noble battlements, the Wrekin can be seen.