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Highclere Castle is the ancestral home of the Earls of Carnarvon. In the 1830s the 3rd Earl commissioned Sir Charles Barry to transform the original Georgian house into this soaring pinnacled mansion. Today the 8th Earl and Countess take a keen interest in the castle and have added their own personal touches to the splendid State Rooms. The impressive interiors range from church gothic to French ancien regime and the solid masculinity of the long library. Portraits by Van Dyck hang alongside 18th century works; Napoleon’s desk and chair, rescued from St Helena sit with other 18th and 19th century furniture.
Highclere Castle is rich in treasures yet retains the warmth of a family home.
Park and Gardens: The magnificent parkland with its massive cedars was inspired by ‘Capability’ Brown. The gardens include the monks’ garden, the secret garden and a new arboretum.
Egyptian Exhibition: The Castle cellars are now home to an exciting new Egyptian exhbition.The area has been redeveloped; firstly to display the family’s collection of Egyptian antiquities and secondly to take visitors through the 5th Earl’s path to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, ‘The Boy King’.
Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter spent 16 years excavating in and around the Valley of the Kings. In 1922 they discovered the only royal tomb of a Pharaoh ever found intact.
1-15 April; 6,7,8 May; 3-7 June; 1 July-6 September, Sunday-Thursday. Last admission 3:30pm.
HHA membership cards will be valid as per usual to the Castle grounds and gardens but not the Egyptian exhibition.
Please contact the property for up to date opening times
Lord and Lady Carnarvon offer the opportunity for primary school pupils to visit the Egyptology exhibition as part of their study of this ancient civilisation under the National Curriculum
Different options available; experienced guides lead groups of up to 15 children;
Contact: Margery Goldsmith
Tel. 01635 253210; email mgoldsmith@highclerecastle.co.uk
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Groups welcome by prior arrangement; group rates available. Private Guided Tours may be arranged at other times, subject to availability. Please call for further information.
| Tailor Made Facilities | | Visits to House | Yes | | Visits to Garden | Yes | | Other Events | Yes | | Light Refreshments | Yes | | Lunch | Yes | | Dinner | Yes |
Civil Ceremony and Wedding Reception
Weddings:
180 maximum inside Castle
550 maximum in marquee attached to Castle
Contact; Michelle Rees-Jones; tel: 01635 253210,
email: mrees-jones@highclerecastle.co.uk
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