- Castell Coch. History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation. ... Castell Coch is a Victorian fantasy castle built by William Burges for the Marquess of Bute.
- The magnificence of Castell Coch in South Wales is due to its distinctive conical roofs. This castle is a wonderful image of an imagined medieval world.
- Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle located in Tongwynlais, a village just outside of Cardiff, Wales. ... Castell Coch Wales - Cardiff Castles.
- Castell Coch is near Tongynlais and Taffs Well, just west of Cardiff. To reach Castell Coch, take Junction 32 of the M4 motorway, then the A470.
- These robust towers, a hallmark of Castell Coch today, were originally two stories high with crenellated battlements ringing their rooftops.
- Caerphilly Castle was built to control the new territory and Castell Coch—strategically located between Cardiff and Caerphilly—was reoccupied.
- Castell Coch translates as the Red Castle, but not named after Red Gilbert, but the red sandstone it was constructed from. ... Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch.
- Castell Coch in Wales. Among the many ghostly entities that haunt Britain, phantom white ladies appear to be the most commonly encountered.
- White Lady of Castell Coch. Perched on a hill in the Fforest Fawr in South Wales, Castell Coch prominently rises above the tree line.
- Castell Coch remained derelict; the antiquarian John Leland, visiting around 1536, described it as "all in ruin, no big thing but high".