Lulworth Castle

Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or Jacobean buildings of this type. It is listed with Historic England as a scheduled monument.^[1] It is also Grade I listed.^[2] The 18th-century Adam style interior of the stone building was devastated by fire in 1929, but has now been restored and serves as a museum. The castle stands in Lulworth Park on the Lulworth Estate.^[3] The park and gardens surrounding the castle are Grade II listed with Historic England.^[4]

Lulworth Castle

House/castle

Dorset, England

Purbeck District

1588–1609

Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon

attributed to Inigo Jones

Elizabethan-Jacobean, Adam style interior

Family owned

Lulworth Castle

30 November 1959

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Lulworth Castle

26 October 1954

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C. M. Antony. "Lulworth Castle: Its History and Memories." The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Oct., 1915), pp. 243-257

Berkeley, J. Lulworth and the Welds. Gillingham: Blackmore, 1971.

Manco, Jean, Greenhalf, David and Girouard, Mark. "Lulworth Castle in the Seventeenth Century". Architectural History, Vol. 33, (1990), pp. 29–59.

Manco, Jean and Kelly, Francis. "Lulworth Castle from 1700." Architectural History, Vol. 34, (1991), pp. 145-170

The Weld family & Lulworth. Wareham: Lulworth Castle. 2004.

Newth, John. "One of Dorset’s grandest and most interesting country houses - The history of Lulworth Castle is bound up with the stories of the Weld family and of one of the most important estates in South Dorset. John Newth has been to visit.". Dorset Life, April 2015. Wiew on line: