Castles · Mid Wales
Downton Castle
Downton Castle in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Downton Castle is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Downton Castle is a grade I listed 18th-century country house in the parish of Downton on the Rock in Herefordshire, England, situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Ludlow, Shropshire.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The estate of Downton was acquired by Richard Knight (1659–1749) a wealthy ironmaster from Madeley, Shropshire, and proprietor of the Bringewood Ironworks. It passed to his grandson the art connoisseur and MP Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824), who rebuilt the house in the Gothic Revival style. Construction started in 1772/3 and was largely completed by 1778. In 1824 the estate was inherited by the horticulturalist Charlotte Knight (c.1801-1843), niece of Payne Knight, the daughter and heiress of his brother, the botanist Thomas Andrew Knight. She was the wife of Sir William Edward Rouse-Boughton, 2nd and 10th Baronet (1788-1856), of Downton Hall, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, (about to the NE of…
Description
The south-facing entrance front has a central square tower, six bays to the left terminating in an octagonal tower and five bays to the right flanked by a square tower, the whole resembling a medieval castle with embattled parapets. Pevsner considered the inspiration to be the French semi-fortified houses in paintings by Claude Lorraine or Gaspard Poussin.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.3678, -2.8164
- District
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parish
- Downton
- Postcode
- SY8 2LH
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Herefordshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q5303322 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Downton Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Downton Castle?
- Downton Castle is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY8 2LH), in the parish of Downton.
- Does Downton Castle charge admission?
- Downton Castle typically charges admission. Check the official site for current ticket prices and opening hours.
- How do I get to Downton Castle?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY8 2LH. It sits within the North Herefordshire parliamentary constituency.