Hever Castle
The original medieval defensive castle, with its gatehouse and walled bailey, was built in 1383. In the C15th-C16th it was home to the Boleyns, so it became the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.
It passed to Anne of Cleves in 1540 and from 1557 onwards was owned by a number of families including the Waldegraves, the Humphreys and the Meade Waldos.
William Waldorf Astor, the richest man in America at the time, purchased Hever Castle in 1903. In 1963 it was opened to the public for the first time. Following floods in 1968, and the cost of running the estate, it was sold to the present owner, John Guthrie of Yorkshire in 1983.
Hever Castle
The original medieval defensive castle, with its gatehouse and walled bailey, was built in 1383. In the C15th-C16th it was home to the Boleyns, so it became the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.
It passed to Anne of Cleves in 1540 and from 1557 onwards was owned by a number of families including the Waldegraves, the Humphreys and the Meade Waldos.
William Waldorf Astor, the richest man in America at the time, purchased Hever Castle in 1903. In 1963 it was opened to the public for the first time. Following floods in 1968, and the cost of running the estate, it was sold to the present owner, John Guthrie of Yorkshire in 1983.