Lulworth Castle | |
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Type | House/castle |
Location | Dorset, England |
Area | Purbeck District |
Built | 1588–1609 |
Built for | Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon |
Architect | attributed to Inigo Jones |
Architectural style(s) | Elizabethan-Jacobean, Adam style interior |
Governing body | Family owned |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Lulworth Castle |
Designated | 30 November 1959 |
Reference no. | 1323323 |
Official name | Lulworth Castle |
Designated | 26 October 1954 |
Reference no. | 1016069 |
Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or Jacobean buildings of this type. It is listed with Historic England as a scheduled monument.[1] It is also Grade I listed.[2] The 18th-century Adam style interior of the stone building was devastated by fire in 1929, but has now been restored and serves as a museum. The castle stands in Lulworth Park on the Lulworth Estate.[3] The park and gardens surrounding the castle are Grade II listed with Historic England.[4]