Highcliffe Castle and Gardens is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on November 13th, 2017.
Highcliffe Castle and Gardens
Highcliffe Castle is a beautiful castle located between Christchurch and Lymington on the south coast of England. Its Georgian Gothic Revival... more
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Highcliffe Castle and Gardens
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Phyllis Taylor
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Highcliffe Castle is a beautiful castle located between Christchurch and Lymington on the south coast of England. Its Georgian Gothic Revival architecture dominates the skyline. Its beautiful geometric garden can be enjoyed via the many pathways throughout the garden
Highcliffe Castle has been described as arguably the most important surviving house of the Romantic and Picturesque style of architecture. It is a grade 1 listed building built mainly between 1831 and 1836 by Lord Stuart de Rothesay. The magnificent building, once lavishly furnished in the 18th century French style, remained a family home until the 1950’s. Whilst two fires destroyed the rich interiors in the 1960’s, the Castle’s renovated exterior is testimony to the remarkable skills of craftsmen and women who carried out a huge repair and conservation programme in the 1990’s.
An interesting fact about this castle is that it was the very British home of Mr. Harry Gorden Selfridge. HE was the American who revolutionised the British way of shopping.
The tumultuous life of Harry Gordon Selfridge is the subject of a major Sunday night drama on ITV.
Selfridge spent much of his life in Highcliffe, where he lived in a castle and laid plans to build one of his own. He is buried in the village’s St Mark’s Churchyard – but by the end of his life, his standard of living had declined considerably.
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