Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes
Castle Rising Castle is a ruined castle which was built in around 1138 by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel.
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Old Wardour Castle was built by John, the fifth Baron Lovell, using locally quarried stone, in the late 14th century.
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Restormel Castle is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall. Overlooking the River Fowey, it has an unusual perfectly circular keep
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Dudley Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Dudley, West Midlands. Dudley Zoo is in the grounds of the castle.
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In Chester Castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle and the neoclassical buildings designed by Thomas Harrison.
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Originally Bungay was a Norman castle built around 1100, which took advantage a strategic position given by the river Waveney.
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Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Hampshire, founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall exists now.
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The Garden at Hinton Ampner House was created by Ralph Stawell Dutton starting in 1930, making this a modern 20th century garden.
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Skipton Castle was first built as a wooden motte and bailey castle in 1090 by Robert de Romille, a Norman baron.
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The first castle recorded on this site was in in 1071, Tutbury Castle was built to stamp the authority of the Norman conquerors.
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Pendennis Castle was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth.
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St Mawes Castle was built between 1539 and 1545 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth.
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Clifford's Tower is a fortified complex comprising, over the last 900 years, a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings.
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Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort built to defend ships moored "in ordinary" on the River Medway outside Chatham dockyards.
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Tenby Castle dates from 1153 but the remaining ruins are from the 13th century.
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The first castle on this site was built in 1120. In 1186 Robert de Roos began work on converting Helmsley Castle to stone.
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Rochester Castle is a well preserved 12th-century keep or stone tower, on the banks of the River Medway.
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Orford Castle was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolidate royal power in the region.
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The history of Chiddingstone Castle dates back to the early 16th century.It has undergone a number of architectural updates in its 600 years
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Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle).
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