Greystoke Castle
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| Roughly fifteen miles from Chestnut Cottage is Greystoke
Castle. This was the home of Shelley’s friend and ally the
Duke of Norfolk, who helped the young man engineer a temporary
reconciliation with his father (and, perhaps more importantly,
an allowance of two hundred pounds a year). |
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| Shelley and Harriet spent a week visiting the Duke, and
enjoyed themselves tremendously. Although very little of
the present castle existed in Shelley’s day (there were
two remodelings in 1836 and a Great Fire in 1868), he would
have visited the ancient pele tower (above left) and rambled
over the lovely grounds. |
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| Inquiries
should be
directed
to Neville
and Joanie
Howard, Greystoke
Castle, Penrith,
Cumbria (phone:
017684
83722, fax:
017634 83072) |
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