Castle Howard, Malton and York, North Yorkshire
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Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north of York. One of the grandest private residences in Britain, most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle.
Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It is familiar to television and movie audiences as the fictional "Brideshead" in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. The house is a Grade I listed building and there are many other listed structures on the estate. The Castle Howard Railway Station was a minor railway station serving the village of Welburn and the stately home at Castle Howard on the York, Malton to Scarborough Line. The station closed in September 1930. |