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    Description
    Highclere Castle has a rich, multi-faceted heritage.
    The first written records of the estate date back to?749?when an Anglo-Saxon King granted the estate to the Bishops of Winchester. Bishop William of Wykeham built a beautiful medieval palace and gardens on the park.
    Later on, the palace was rebuilt as Highclere Place House in?1679?when it was purchased by Sir Robert Sawyer, Attorney General to Charles II and James II and direct grandfather of the current Earl.
    In?1771, 'Capability' Brown made plans for the alteration of the grounds, water and symmetrical Georgian house at Highclere for the 1st Earl of Carnarvon.
    In?1842, Sir Charles Barry ? who was also working on the Houses of Parliament at the time ? finished his final designs for the 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, transforming Highclere Place House into Highclere Castle.
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    • Newbury
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