AFTER months of being closed to the public, Highcliffe Castle reopened its doors to the public this month. Precautionary measures are in place to ensure social distancing, but we can once again sample much of what the historic building has to offer.
Originally was home to the Rothesay s The Grade 1 listed building was built for the diplomat Lord Stuart de Rothesay between 1831 and 1836 in the Gothic Revival style. Materials were used that had been salvaged from French medieval structures, including glass windows and stone gargoyles. Lord de Rothesay always had a fondness of the cliffs and building the castle was a life-long ambition. He had it furnished and decorated lavishly in the 18th-century French style.