Photo: Richard Nevell from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Medieval castle built to protect the town in the 1400s and one of Henry III's most luxurious residences. Conservation work revealed a 12th century first floor chamber which is now open to the public.
Guildford Castle is in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is thought to have been built by William the Conqueror, or one of his barons, shortly after the 1066 invasion of England.
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Lewis Carroll, author, mathematician and photographer, Lewis Carroll (b1832) lived in Guildford until his death in 1898. Visit Lewis Caroll's house 'Chestnuts', on Castle Hill in the centre. See Guided Tours of Guildford.
A marvellous Tudor/Stuart building with its overhanging 1683 clock.
Built in 1619 by Guildfordian Archbishop of Canterbury George Abbot as a retirement home for the local elderly.