Grimsthorpe Castle

Description

Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre (12 km2) park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown. While Grimsthorpe is not a castle in the strict sense of the word, its character is massive and martial – the towers and outlying pavilions recalling the bastions of a great fortress in classical dress. Grimsthorpe has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516. The present occupant is the 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, granddaughter of Nancy Astor, who died at Grimsthorpe in 1964.

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In the rankings

Grimsthorpe Castle ranks #2,616 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #197 of the 397 mapped in England. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,454 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cambridge (England), 76 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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