3622 x 2756 px | 30,7 x 23,3 cm | 12,1 x 9,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2011
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Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is an early 17th century mock castle. The stone building has now been re-built as a museum. In 1610 Lulworth Castle was built as a hunting lodge by Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon, a grandson of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk. In 1641, Humphrey Weld purchased it from Howard's heir, James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk. A Roman Catholic Chapel was built in the grounds in 1786. Following the French Revolution, the surviving members of the French Royal Family were allowed to use Lulworth as one of their residences-in-exile. Charles X of France also stayed there briefly following the Revolution of July 1830. The castle was gutted by fire on 29 August 1929 and was left as a roofless ruin, the family building a new residence for themselves nearby. In the 1970s, restoration work begun with the help of the English Heritage. The restoration, finished in 1998, includes a new roof and restored surviving walls in the interior, but no new internal walls or replacements for the destroyed upper floors have been constructed. The castle is no longer owned by the Weld Family and is a tourist attraction, holding medieval-themed events. The grounds are in use as an MoD firing range as well as a wildlife conservation area. This family has owned a number of other properties, including Stonyhurst Hall (donated to the Society of Jesus in 1793 by Thomas Weld, father of the cardinal of the same name). Isabel Weld Perkins believed her American Weld family and the Weld family of Lulworth Castle to be one and the same. Accordingly, she and her husband Larz Anderson remodelled their palatial Brookline, Massachusetts home to resemble it. Since July 2008 the grounds have played host to the annual music and arts festival Camp Bestival, a 10-15, 000 capacity event aimed at a family audience. The festival is run by Sunday Best and curated by Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank.
