Grimsthorpe Castle
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Attribution: By Wehha - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20405635
Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre (12 sqkm) park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown.
While Grimsthorpe is not a castle in the strict sense of the word, its character is massive and martial - the towers and outlying pavilions recalling the bastions of a great fortress in classical dress.
While Grimsthorpe is not a castle in the strict sense of the word, its character is massive and martial - the towers and outlying pavilions recalling the bastions of a great fortress in classical dress.
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