Farnham Castle
Farnham Castle is a collection of Grade 1 and Grade 11 listed buildings and a scheduled monument, enclosed within a 12th century curtain wall. The buildings date from around 1138, when a Motte and Bailey castle was built on the hill above Farnham. This was adapted to a Shell Keep, which was then sleighted in the mid 12th century. There was further extensive building work in the 12th, 14th, 17th and 18th centuries. The Castle was one of the palaces of the Bishops of Winchester until the early 1930s, and is regarded as being one of the oldest and most important continuously occupied buildings in southern England.
We spent 12 years restoring all areas of the Castle, including the Great Hall, the Bishops Chapel and Bishops Camera, the kitchens and refectory, the Keep, Fox’s Tower, and the Norman curtain wall surround the Castle. The works were undertaken with significant grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and we worked very closely with English Heritage and the HLF to deliver what has probably been the most comprehensive restoration at Farnham Castle since the 17th century.
The restoration has won a number of conservation and design awards.
