Castell Coch
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Official website
Castell Coch | Cadw
Fairy-tale castle was a plaything for the rich and powerfulWhat happens when a patron of unlimited wealth meets an architect of boundless imagination? Here’s your answer.Castell Coch, or the ‘Red Castle’, rises up from the ancient beech woods of Fforest Fawr like a vision from a fairy tale. Yet these great towers with their unmistakable conical roofs only hint at the splendour within.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- castle
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Tongwynlais
- Elevation
- 101.1
- Owned by
- Cadw
- Operator
- Cadw
- Location
- Tongwynlais
- Official website
- cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/castell-coch
- Image
- Castell Coch - exterior.JPG
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- Commons category
- Castell Coch, Cardiff
- maintained by
- Cadw
- architect
- William Burges
- architectural style
- Gothic Revival
- commissioned by
- John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P12749
- Bolsenheim
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