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Highcliffe Castle is a Grade I listed building [15] now owned by Christchurch Council, and described as "the most important remaining example of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture.” It holds events, is open to the general public throughout the year and can be used for weddings and other private events.
Highcliffe Castle: I: Highcliffe Castle was designed by William Donthorne for Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay, and built between 1831 and 1835. It stands on the site of High Cliff, a Georgian mansion that had belonged to Charles Stuart's grandfather John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
Highcliffe had previously been owned by his forebears, although the estate had been sold by his father. [11] Stuart engaged William Donthorne, a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, to design a new Highcliffe Castle. The castle is built on an L-shaped plan, oriented on a south-east axis.
Highcliffe Castle. What is now regarded as Highcliffe has developed over the last several hundred years from the hamlet of Slop Pond, the Chewton Estate, and Chewton Common. The latter two also contained large farmsteads. Slop Pond was a collection of thatched cottages, named from the large pond on its common.
Highcliffe Castle: Christchurch: Country house: 1830–34: 14 October 1953 1110077: Highcliffe Castle. More images ... Castle: 1100–35: 14 October 1953
The family home was at Highcliffe Castle in Dorset, and had been in Stuart possession since about 1770 when Louisa's great-grandfather, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (a founder of Kew Gardens), while out botanising, discovered the cliff-top viewsite overlooking Christchurch Bay, and commissioned the architect Robert Adam, to design High Cliff ...
Highclere Castle / ˈ h aɪ k l ɪər / is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated in the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate is in Highclere in Hampshire , England, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Newbury , Berkshire, and 9.5 miles (15 km) north of ...
In the summer of 1907 the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm, rented Stuart-Wortley's home Highcliffe Castle whilst he recovered from an acute throat trouble. [17] In return for his hospitality Edward was given two stained glass windows for the castle and invited to visit the German Army's manoeuvres at Alsace the next year. [2]