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Blaise Castle is a folly built in 1766 near Henbury in Bristol, England. The castle sits within the Blaise Castle Estate, which also includes Blaise Castle House , a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house.
Blaise Castle is an 18th-century mansion house and estate. It was immortalised by being described as " the finest place in England " in Jane Austen 's novel Northanger Abbey . It is a grade II* listed building , [ 11 ] and Scheduled Ancient Monument . [ 12 ]
The hill is a public open space managed as part of the Blaise Castle Estate. It takes its name from the settlement of Kings Weston, now absorbed into Lawrence Weston. At the eastern end of Kings Weston Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort, which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. [1]
Bristol Archives is part of Bristol Museums, along with Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, M Shed, Georgian House, Red Lodge, Blaise Castle, and Kings Weston Roman Villa. [5] The core opening hours are Tuesday - Friday, 9:30am-4pm. In addition, on the first two Saturdays of the month, Bristol Archives is open 10am-4pm. [6]
April 5, 2024 at 9:11 AM ... King Charles III is opening the doors of Balmoral Castle this summer for the most intimate tours ever permitted around the British royal family’s much-loved private ...
Blaise Castle estate, situated 4 miles (6 km) north west of the city centre, includes a recreation ground and large playing fields, as well as woodland, a mansion, and a small gorge, totalling 650 acres (2.6 km 2). The mansion house is now a branch of Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. [2]
An iron bridge across Kings Weston Lane connects the estate to that of Blaise Castle. In April 2011 the Kings Weston Action Group (KWAG) was formed as a volunteer organisation with the ambition to conserve and enhance the Grade II Registered Historic Landscape [9] around the house.
Silver Stone Castle in Swansea, a medieval-themed entertainment complex on Route 6, has long been under construction, but an opening for the facility might be at hand.