Sherborne Castle is a 16th century Tudor mansion south east of Sherborne in Dorset. Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle within the grounds of the mansion. The old castl which is now in ruins e was built as the fortified palace of Roger de Caen who was the Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England. When After Sir Walter Raleigh passed through Sherborne on the way to Plymouth,he fell in love with the castle, and Queen Elizabeth relinquished the estate, leasing it to Raleigh in 1592.

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Sherborne Castle
Cheap Street
Sherborne
Dorset DT9 3PY

Telephone: 01935 813182
Fax: 01935 816727