Dunstall Castle - Photo ©
Philip Halling, 25 December 08
Dunstall Castle, Worcestershire
Photo © Philip Halling, 22 May 2008
Dunstall Castle - Photo ©
Philip Halling, 25 December 08
Dunstall Castle - Photo © Philip Halling, 25 December 08 |
Dunstall Castle, Worcestershire Photo © Philip Halling, 22 May 2008 |
Dunstall Castle - Photo © Philip Halling, 25 December 08 |
Dunstall Castle, Worcestershire
The castle in fact a folly built for the 6th Earl of Coventry in 1766 and is one of a number of follies on the Croome Estate. It was designed by Robert Adam and in a letter dated 17th September 1765 to the Earl he refers to 'Drawing of the ruin for a visto from the house. I think it might be built to have a good effect at a Distance at no great expence, as there does nor require much delicacy in the workmanship.'(sic) (Source: The Coventrys of Croome, Catherine Gordon ISBN 1 86077 139 4) Adam was paid £5 for the drawing.
The stones from the tops of the 3 towers have fallen off so that now about a metre is missing from the central tower. The right arch also had a wall at the bottom which has been removed somehow.