Castles · South East England
Highcliffe Castle
In or near New Milton.
Highcliffe Castle — Grade I listed historic house museum in Highcliffe and Walkford, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England, UK.
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Highcliffe Castle is a castle in south east. (19th century castle in Highcliffe, Dorset, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Romantic and Picturesque, Gothic Revival style near the site of High Cliff House, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl of Bute with the gardens laid out by Capability Brown. The design, by William Donthorne, a founder member of RIBA, incorporated large quantities of carved Medieval stonework salvaged from the ruined Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and the Grand' Maison des Andelys, both situated in Normandy, France.". Coordinates 50.7380°, -1.7141°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.7380, -1.7141
- Official site
- www.highcliffecastle.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5757915 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Highcliffe Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Highcliffe Castle 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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