Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified
Dunster Castle
The 14th-century Great Gatehouse; when first built, the Lower Ward on the right would have been at the same height as the gateway
Original 13th-century gate, bound in iron
The castle in 1733, showing the then recently planted New Way, the mansion (l), Great Gatehouse (c) and stables (r). The motte, with the summer house, is visible in the background
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The National Trust is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in the United Kingdom, operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.
Dunster Castle
…as tenants. The Luttrells bought back the castle in 1954, but in 1976 Colonel Sir Walter Luttrell gave Dunster Castle and most of its contents to the National Trust, which operates it as a tourist attraction. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. Dunster Castle was positioned on a steep, 200-foot-high…
Octavia Hill by John Singer Sargent, 1898
The first building the trust acquired was Alfriston Clergy House in 1896.
Bodiam Castle was acquired by the Trust in 1926.
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