Bladon Castle

Bladon Castle is a folly, partly converted into a country house, located some 600 yards (550 m) southwest of the village of Newton Solney in South Derbyshire, 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Burton-on-Trent and close to the point at which the River Trent forms the boundary with Staffordshire. The building lies within the grounds of Bladon House School.

The castle was originally built as a folly in a Neo-Gothic style by the architect Jeffrey Wyattville for Abraham Hoskins of Burton-on-Trent, grandfather of George Gordon Hoskins. It was subsequently partly converted into a house.[1] The building is now in a semi-ruinous state.

References

  1. ↑ "Bladon Castle". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

Coordinates: 52°49′21″N 1°36′03″W / 52.8226°N 1.6009°W / 52.8226; -1.6009

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