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Lulworth Castle is a 17th-century fortified house built in the 1580s by Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk. The castle is a compact four-storey structure with circular corner towers and was designed as a hunting lodge rather than a military fortress, reflecting the architectural fashions of the late Tudor period. It stands prominently on the Dorset coast near West Lulworth and retains much of its original form, though it suffered significant fire damage in 1929 from which it has since been substantially restored. The castle represents an important example of Tudor domestic architecture and remains a notable landmark in the Purbeck landscape.
Lulworth Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016069. View the official record →
Lulworth Castle is a 17th-century fortified house built in the 1580s by Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016069.
Lulworth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016069.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Boat Knoll (1.6 km), Two barrows in Halcombe Vale, 700m south west of Monastery Farm (1.7 km), Flower's Barrow: a small multivallate hillfort and associated outwork on Rings Hill (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lulworth Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Lulworth Castle stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.