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A 16th-century country house set in 3,000 acres of lakes and woodlands laid out by Capability Brown. It is located on what was the southern edge of the great Lincolnshire forest with many ancient oaks recorded and remaining. The house contains many collections and paintings and is also a display of fine architecture that is also surrounded on three sides by picturesque gardens all of which are open to the public. The castle, park and gardens are open Sunday-Thursday from June to September.
Grimsthorpe Castle is a country house in Lincolnshire, England 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bourne on the A151. It lies within a 3,000 acre (12 km2) 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. Grimsthorpe has been the home of the de Eresby family since 1516. The present occupant is the 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, granddaughter of Nancy Astor, who died at Grimsthorpe in 1964.
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