Castle Howard
History
Castle Howard was built between 1699 and 1712 to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd earl of Carlisle. The Site was that of the ruined Henderskelfe Castle, which had come into the Howard family in 1566 through the marriage to Lord Dacre's widow of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the 7th Earl of Carlisle, covered over 13,000 acres and included the villages of Welburn, Bulmer, Slingsby, Terrington and Coneysthorpe. The estate was served by its own railway station, Castle Howard, from 1845 to the 1950s.
In 1952 the house was opened to the public by then owner, George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe. It is currently owned by his son, the Honourable Simon Howard, who grew up at the castle. In 2003, the grounds were excavated over three days by Channel 4's Time Team, searching for evidence of a local village lost to allow for the landscaping of the estate.
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| Temple of the Four Winds |
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles north of York. It is a private residence, the home of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle. Today it is a part of the Treasure Houses of England group of heritage houses.
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Gardens
Castle Howard has extensive and diverse gardens. There is a large formal garden immediately behind the house. The house is prominently situated on a ridge and this was exploited to create an English landscape park, which opens out from the formal garden and merges with the park.
Two major garden buildings are set into this landscape: the Temple of the Four Winds at the end fo the garden, and the mausoleum in the park. There is also a lake on either side of the house. There is an arboretum called Ray Wood, and the walled garden contains decorative rose and flower gardens. Further buildings outside the preserved gardens include the ruined Pyramid, an Obelisk and several follies and eyecatchers in the form of fortifications. A John Vanbrugh ornamental pillar known as the Quatre Faces stands in nearby Pretty Wood.
There is also a separate 127 acrearboretum called Kew at Castle Howard, which is close to the house and garden, but has separate entrance arrangements. Planting began in 1975, with the intention of creating one of the most important collections of specimen trees in the UK. The landscape is more open than that of Ray Wood, and the planting remains immature.
For more information visit
official site
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| Road to Castle Howard |
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| "Monument to 7th Earl of Carlisle"* |
*"Monument to 7th Earl of Carlisle - geograph.org.uk - 11840" by Alison Stamp. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_to_7th_Earl_of_Carlisle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_11840.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Monument_to_7th_Earl_of_Carlisle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_11840.jpg
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| The Obelisk |
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| The mausoleum |
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