Castle howard
noun
a mansion near York in Yorkshire: designed in 1700 by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor; the grounds include the Temple of the Four Winds and a mausoleum
Historical Examples
Vanbrugh went to Blenheim with his lady, in a company from castle howard, another magnificent monument of his singular genius.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli
The Yorkshire school for the blind and the castle howard reformatory both owe their existence to his energies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 Various
That, however, imposes by its mass, but castle howard neither imposes nor pleases.
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. Hermann Pckler-Muskau
But we have lingered long enough at castle howard; the sky is lowering and gray sheets of rain are sweeping through the trees.
In Unfamiliar England Thomas Dowler Murphy
To castle howard, infamous; I was near being swallowed up in a slough.
The Royal Mail James Wilson Hyde
The castle howard collection is exceptionally valuable in historical portraits.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive Joel Cook
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