Fred Dibnah Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire Victorian Splendour
Channel: Dark Matters
Date: 2022-02-06

Fred explores Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. Robert Smirke who was a young was commissioned to build this grand home. Fred also goes on to discuss and show us how the steam powered machinery helped cut building of this house by a significant time.

When one of the wealthy landowning Cocks family moved to Eastnor at the end of the 16th century they married into the Worcestershire Somers’ family and the sum of their estates – including the inheritance left by the Lord Chancellor Somers in the early 18th century and the banking wealth of the Cocks Biddulph Bank (now incorporated into Barclays Bank) – gave the 1st Earl Somers the funds to start building Eastnor Castle. He married the daughter of the wealthy Worcestershire historian, Dr Treadway Nash. Robert Smirke was appointed as architect of the building, and people’s opinions on the Norman Revival style vary considerably, but actually I think that it is beautiful, and it stands in the most glorious grounds.

Source:https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/buildings/eastnor-castle/

Eastnor Castle, Eastnor, Herefordshire, is a 19th-century mock castle. Eastnor was built for The 1st Earl Somers, who employed Robert Smirke, who was later to work at the British Museum, as his architect. The castle was built between 1811–1820.
Source:Wikipedia


Visit Eastnor Castle
https://eastnorcastle.com/