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| designation3 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation3 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation3_offname = Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle
| designation3_offname = Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle
| designation3_date =9 February 1961<ref name="IoEgatehouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33348|title=Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle |work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
| designation3_date =9 February 1961<ref name="IoEgatehouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33348 |title=Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044657/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33348 |archivedate=6 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| designation3_number =33348
| designation3_number =33348
| designation4 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation4 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation4_offname = Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle
| designation4_offname = Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle
| designation4_date =17 January 1984<ref name="terranddairy">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33349|title=Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
| designation4_date =17 January 1984<ref name="terranddairy">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33349 |title=Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044747/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33349 |archivedate=6 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| designation4_number =33349
| designation4_number =33349
| designation5 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation5 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation5_offname = West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle
| designation5_offname = West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle
| designation5_date =17 January 1984<ref name="IoEwestwallandtower">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33350|title=West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
| designation5_date =17 January 1984<ref name="IoEwestwallandtower">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33350 |title=West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044802/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33350 |archivedate=6 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| designation5_number =33350
| designation5_number =33350
}}
}}
'''Banwell Castle''' is a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] mansion in [[Banwell]], Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref name="IoEhouse">{{cite web | url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=350213 | work= Images of England | title= Banwell Castle detailed record | accessdate= 24 October 2007}}</ref> The castle buildings, now a hotel and restaurant, and sometimes used as a wedding venue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/Community/Births+deaths+marriages+and+life+events/approvedpremises/banwellcastle.htm|title=Banwell Castle|publisher=North Somerset Council|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> are set in {{convert|25|acre|ha}} of grounds which are used for [[hawk]]ing activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkwalk.co.uk/|title=Banwell Hawk Walks|publisher=Banwell Hawk Walks|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
'''Banwell Castle''' is a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] mansion in [[Banwell]], Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref name="IoEhouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=350213 |work=Images of England |title=Banwell Castle detailed record |accessdate=24 October 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208202225/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=350213 |archivedate=8 December 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> The castle buildings, now a hotel and restaurant, and sometimes used as a wedding venue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/Community/Births+deaths+marriages+and+life+events/approvedpremises/banwellcastle.htm |title=Banwell Castle |publisher=North Somerset Council |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013143846/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk:80/Community/Births+deaths+marriages+and+life+events/approvedpremises/banwellcastle.htm |archivedate=13 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> are set in {{convert|25|acre|ha}} of grounds which are used for [[hawk]]ing activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkwalk.co.uk/|title=Banwell Hawk Walks|publisher=Banwell Hawk Walks|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The house has five windows in the three-storey main block between small circular turrets with other octagonal and hexagonal towers. In front of the house is a terrace with a [[trefoil]] pierced [[parapet]] with statutes of lions rampant with swords on embattled octagonal gate piers which flank six steps.<ref name="IoEhouse"/>
The house has five windows in the three-storey main block between small circular turrets with other octagonal and hexagonal towers. In front of the house is a terrace with a [[trefoil]] pierced [[parapet]] with statutes of lions rampant with swords on embattled octagonal gate piers which flank six steps.<ref name="IoEhouse"/>


The coachhouse has a tall circular turret and contained a granary on the first floor.<ref name="IoEcoachhouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33347|title=Coachhouse at Banwell Castle|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> The gatehouse consists of a [[Chamfer]]ed double arch, with a parapet between circular embattled towers, with [[cast iron]] gates with [[heraldic]] motifs.<ref name="IoEgatehouse"/> The walled kitchen garden, {{convert|170|m|ft}} south east of the house has another {{convert|4|m|ft}} tower.<ref name="IoEwallandtower">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33351|title=Kitchen garden wall and tower 170 metres south east of Banwell Castle|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref> The terrace adjoining the house leads to a decorative dairy.<ref name="terranddairy"/> The west garden walls include another tower.<ref name="IoEwestwallandtower"/>
The coachhouse has a tall circular turret and contained a granary on the first floor.<ref name="IoEcoachhouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33347 |title=Coachhouse at Banwell Castle |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044639/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33347 |archivedate=6 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The gatehouse consists of a [[Chamfer]]ed double arch, with a parapet between circular embattled towers, with [[cast iron]] gates with [[heraldic]] motifs.<ref name="IoEgatehouse"/> The walled kitchen garden, {{convert|170|m|ft}} south east of the house has another {{convert|4|m|ft}} tower.<ref name="IoEwallandtower">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33351 |title=Kitchen garden wall and tower 170 metres south east of Banwell Castle |work=Images of England |publisher=English Heritage |accessdate=6 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044815/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33351 |archivedate=6 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The terrace adjoining the house leads to a decorative dairy.<ref name="terranddairy"/> The west garden walls include another tower.<ref name="IoEwestwallandtower"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:19, 25 October 2016

Banwell Castle
Stone building with embattlements
LocationBanwell, Somerset, England
Built1847
Built forJohn Dyer Sympson
ArchitectAugustus Pugin
Architectural style(s)Victorian Gothic Revival
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBanwell Castle, terraces and courtyard walls
Designated9 February 1961[1]
Reference no.350213
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameCoachhouse at Banwell Castle
Designated17 January 1984[2]
Reference no.33347
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameGatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle
Designated9 February 1961[3]
Reference no.33348
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameTerrace and dairy at Banwell Castle
Designated17 January 1984[4]
Reference no.33349
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameWest garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle
Designated17 January 1984[5]
Reference no.33350
Banwell Castle is located in Somerset
Banwell Castle
Location of Banwell Castle in Somerset

Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] The castle buildings, now a hotel and restaurant, and sometimes used as a wedding venue,[6] are set in 25 acres (10 ha) of grounds which are used for hawking activities.[7]

History

The land on which the house is built was owned by the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It was sold to John and Joan Landown in 1753. It was passed down to the Sympson family; John Dyer Sympson, a solicitor from London built the castle as his home. It was completed in 1847 to a design by Augustus Pugin.[8] Having passed to Sir William Baker,[8] it was expanded and embellished in the 1880s by Sir Elskin Baker.[9]

The castle was bought and sold many times in the subsequent 100 years. In World War II it was taken over by the Royal Air Force and used as the headquarters for No. 955 Squadron, which was a barrage balloon unit and part of Balloon Command. The gatehouse was used by the local Air Raid Precautions.[8]

In 1956 the estate was sold to Simon and Phillipa Wills (of W.D. & H.O. Wills). Until 1988 the owners were Charles Skilton, a book and postcard publisher, and Jean Desebrock from South Africa. They sold it to William and Hugh Parsons who converted it into a hotel and restaurant.[8]

Architecture

Stone building with slit windows and battlements. Foreground is road with grass verges.
The gatehouse

The house has five windows in the three-storey main block between small circular turrets with other octagonal and hexagonal towers. In front of the house is a terrace with a trefoil pierced parapet with statutes of lions rampant with swords on embattled octagonal gate piers which flank six steps.[1]

The coachhouse has a tall circular turret and contained a granary on the first floor.[2] The gatehouse consists of a Chamfered double arch, with a parapet between circular embattled towers, with cast iron gates with heraldic motifs.[3] The walled kitchen garden, 170 metres (560 ft) south east of the house has another 4 metres (13 ft) tower.[10] The terrace adjoining the house leads to a decorative dairy.[4] The west garden walls include another tower.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Banwell Castle detailed record". Images of England. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "Coachhouse at Banwell Castle". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Gatehouse, stables and flanking walls at Banwell Castle". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Terrace and dairy at Banwell Castle". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "West garden walls with towers at Banwell Castle". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Banwell Castle". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Banwell Hawk Walks". Banwell Hawk Walks. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d "History". Banwell Castle. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  9. ^ Holt, Jonathan (2007). Somerset Follies. Bath: Akeman Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-9546138-7-7.
  10. ^ "Kitchen garden wall and tower 170 metres south east of Banwell Castle". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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