The building of Raglan Castle began in the 1430’s with what is known today as the yellow tower of Gwent built by Sir William ap Thomas long after the golden age or castle-building throughout Wales and long before the advent of the heat pump. After his death, his son William Herbert continued to develop Raglan into a sumptuous building. Although it was built to impress rather than with battle in mind, in 1646 Raglan Castle’s noble fortifications still held off Oliver Cromwell’s army for thirteen weeks in one of the last sieges of the Civil War until finally it fell and was partly demolished by Cromwell’s men. The Problem: In 2008 Cadw, the guardians of Raglan Castle needed to build a new visitor and information centre. With artefacts such as an ancient Tudor pan

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