aerial photograph the Queen’s Sconce of Newark Nottinghamshire England UK. The Queen’s Sconce is a fortification from the English Civil war built by the Newarks Royalist defenders. It was named after King Charleswife, Queen Henrietta who visited Newark in 1643. The Sconce was defended by musket and Cannon in each of the arrow shaped projections. The Sconce and the town of Newark held firm against besieging Parliamentarians until Charles ordered its surrender in 1646