Castle Howard

Castle Howard
South (garden) face of Castle Howard
TypeStately home
LocationNorth Yorkshire, England
Coordinates54°7′17″N 0°54′21″W / 54.12139°N 0.90583°W / 54.12139; -0.90583
OS grid referenceSE 71635 70088
Built1701–1811
ArchitectsJohn Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor
Architectural style(s)English Baroque
OwnerCastle Howard Estate Limited[1]
Websitecastlehoward.co.uk
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameCastle Howard and East Court
Designated25 January 1954
Reference no.1316030
Official nameCastle Howard
Designated10 May 1984
Reference no.1001059
Castle Howard is located in North Yorkshire
Castle Howard
Location of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire

Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located 15 miles (24 km) north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a fortified structure, but the term "castle" is sometimes used in the name of an English country house that was built on the site of a former castle.

The house is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional "Brideshead", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and in a two-hour 2008 adaptation for cinema.

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