Stately Homes - Eastnor Castle Eastnor Castle is an imposing mock Gothic castle, and one of the most impressive stately homes in England. Privacy Contact Us Stately Homes in England Eastnor Castle Eastnor is one of those British anomalies - something new pretending to be something old.
Some background is in order.
The Cocks family had been landowners in Herefordshire since the 16th century. Under George III, Charles Cocks was created the 1st Lord Somers the title referring to his descent from a sister of William III's Lord Chancellor. The first Lord Somers seems to have been quite content with his old family home, but his son had grander ideas. So great was the scale of Eastnor, so massive its walls, that well before it was finished it was one of the county's biggest tourist attractions. People came far far and wide to gape at the huge walls rising up.