What’s Happening
Latest News from the Eastnor Castle Blog
Clock Winder
21 Dec 2012
Clock Winder
Ages ago, I saw a programme on Granada TV about Chatsworth and was impressed by everything I saw, but I particularly remember a shot of...
Further repairs to the Monument
08 Oct 2012
Further repairs to the Monument
The monument to members of the Somers Cocks, my mother’s family, stands on an outlying hill in the Malverns range, just inside the Eastnor Deer...
Stables Turret Clock and a Titanic connection
07 Sep 2012
Stables Turret Clock and a Titanic connection
When our old house, Castleditch, was demolished in 1814 while the castle was being built, the stables survived and the stable turret clock remained in...
Burma Bridge
04 Apr 2012
Burma Bridge
As we prepare for Easter opening, Easter egg hunts etc, the new Burma Bridge connecting our playground to a nearby redwood tree nears completion. It...
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years at Eastnor Castle
14 Dec 2011
Land Rover Celebrates 50 Years at Eastnor Castle
Land Rover is celebrating 50 years of using the Eastnor Castle estate in Herefordshire as its centre for off road testing and development. Tucked away...
New Carpet for Pugin Drawing Room
02 Nov 2011
New Carpet for Pugin Drawing Room
After a long gestation period of nearly ten years, a new carpet has been delivered for the Pugin Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle. It replaces...
Obelisk Repairs
12 Oct 2011
Obelisk Repairs
Unlike the castle, which is only visible from certain vantage points and is otherwise romantically concealed by trees and natural landscape features, our obelisk can...
Daffodils and Castle Grounds
16 Mar 2011
Daffodils and Castle Grounds
The daffodils are coming out, bringing some welcome colour to the banks around the house after a hard winter. Some I planted in our own...
Portcullis Archway
02 Mar 2011
Portcullis Archway
Just as we thought it was safe to look away and concentrate on other projects, a section of plaster fell down into the road through...
Fred Dibnah
07 Jan 2011
Fred Dibnah
We have been lucky to have a number of famous visitors to Eastnor, often here for filming, TV, the Big Chill or to drive Land...
Dogs
19 Nov 2010
Dogs
As the image shows, we are one of the few historic houses to welcome visits from dogs. They enter free of charge as long as...
Alistair Birtwhistle and Queen Mary
29 Sep 2010
Alistair Birtwhistle and Queen Mary
My grandfather left the army in 1919 after serving in France with the Life Guards. He inherited Eastnor Castle from his cousin, Lady Henry Somerset,...