Bladon Castle

Coordinates: 52°49′21″N 1°36′03″W / 52.8226°N 1.6009°W / 52.8226; -1.6009
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A glimpse of Bladon Castle taken from a field gate on Newtown Road and shows the crest of Bladon Hill where an end turret and connecting parapet wall can be seen

Bladon Castle is a

Burton-on-Trent and close to the point at which the River Trent forms the boundary with Staffordshire
.

The castle was originally built as a folly in a

Jeffrey Wyattville for Abraham Hoskins of Burton-on-Trent, grandfather of George Gordon Hoskins. Designed to give the appearance of a large castle with battlements, the structure was in reality little more than a single long wall.[1]

It was subsequently partly converted into a house.[2] The building lies within the grounds of Bladon House School, and is now in a semi-ruinous state.

References

  1. ^ "Burton on Trent Local History » Bladon Castle".
  2. ^ "Bladon Castle". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

52°49′21″N 1°36′03″W / 52.8226°N 1.6009°W / 52.8226; -1.6009

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