Castle Howard with Atlas fountain, North Yorkshire, England
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Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 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 true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle.
Building of Castle Howard began in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete.
The castle is famous for the appearance in film as Brideshead in both the 1981 television serial and 2008 film adaptations of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, and Castle Howard has been used as a backdrop for a number of other cinematic and television settings.
Submitted: 29/06/2016
Accepted: 01/07/2016
Castle Howard with Atlas fountain, North Yorkshire, England
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 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 true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle.
Building of Castle Howard began in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete.
The castle is famous for the appearance in film as Brideshead in both the 1981 television serial and 2008 film adaptations of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, and Castle Howard has been used as a backdrop for a number of other cinematic and television settings.
Submitted: 29/06/2016
Accepted: 01/07/2016