Highclere Castle

Highclere Castle (pronounced /ˈhaɪklɪə/) is a country house in high Elizabethan style, with park designed by Capability Brown. The 1,000 acre estate is in the English county of Hampshire, about a mile south of the border with Berkshire. It is the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon, a branch... Read More

Highclere Castle (pronounced /ˈhaɪklɪə/) is a country house in high Elizabethan style, with park designed by Capability Brown. The 1,000 acre estate is in the English county of Hampshire, about a mile south of the border with Berkshire. It is the country seat of the Earls of Carnarvon, a branch of the Anglo-Welsh Herbert family. The present castle stands on the site of an earlier house, in turn built on the foundations of the medieval palace of the Bishops of Winchester, who owned this estate from the 8th century. The original site was recorded in the Domesday Book. Since 1679, the castle has been home to the Carnarvon family. See Less