Visiting Highcliffe Castle from Marsham Court Hotel
A vacation in Bournemouth can include a wide range of conditioning and some of these are both literal and graphic at the same time. This includes Highcliffe Castle, a magnific grade- 1 listed structure from the early 19th century that stands just east of Christchurch. And Bournemouth family hotel Marsham Court hotel provides the perfect base to visit it. The History of Highcliffe Castle Although it incorporates a couple of sections of an aged structure, Highcliffe Castle was erected in the 1830s by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothsay. The grandson of the former high minister, the Earl of Bute, Stuart had been a crucial assistant to the Duke of Wellington, latterly serving as minister to France and Russia. Having bought back part of his forefather’s estate, he erected Highcliffe Castle, incorporating gravestone from two demolished mediaeval structures in Normandy, as well as a 16th- century oriel window and a stained- glass window. The castle passed down in his family until jus...