• In 1842, Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament, transformed Highclere House into the present day Highclere Castle.
  • During the 19th century, there was a Renaissance Revival movement, of which Sir Charles Barry was an exponent, Barry described the style of Highclere...
  • Barry remodelled the Georgian manor house in the Elizabethan style of the age, transforming Highclere Place House into Highclere Castle.
  • But the most conspicuous changes to Highclere were made by the 3rd earl, who in 1838 commissioned the architect Charles Barry , best known for the Houses of...
  • Sir Barry remodelled Highclere Castle for the third earl of Carnarvon from 1839 to 1842. The architect had just finished building the Houses of Parliament.
  • ...in 1838, commissioned architect Charles Barry to transform the Georgian House he had inherited at Highclere into a spectacular Italianate Castle.
  • In 1842, Sir Charles Barry, who had also designed the Houses of Parliament, transformed the Highclere House into the present-day Highclere Castle.
  • Lady Carnarvon talks through some of Charles Barry's original architectural plans when he was commissioned to rebuild Highclere Castle by the 3rd Earl of...
  • In 1839, Charles Barry, who had designed the Houses of Parliament, remodelled Highclere in a similar Gothic revival style, turning it into a magnificent...
  • By 1842, the house was transformed by Sir Charles Barry into Highclere Castle. Sir Charles Barry also designed the Houses of Parliament in Westminster...