Report - Norris Castle - Isle of Wight - October 2020

[LSUrbex Exploration]

Norris Castle

History

Norris Castle was built in 1799 and sits in 225 acres of land, with a mile of waterfront. It was designed by the famous architect James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour.
The estate adjoins the neighbouring Osborne House, country home to Queen Victoria, which also includes the nine-hole Osborne Golf Club.
In October 2016, the parks and gardens at Norris Castle were also upgraded by Historic England to Grade I, making them the Isle of Wight's only Grade I listed landscape.

Explore

Parking at the seafront we made our way through the woods and up to the castle, getting lost once or twice we finally made it after a two hour walk through brambles, bushes, woodland and fields!
Walking up to the castle doors, we noticed two cars parked outside, we decided to make our way around the back, seeing two men walking up to the castle, we hid behind a bush, they were now working a couple feet of us, to our surprise we didn’t get caught and carried on taking pictures etc of the beautiful Norris Castle.
We made our way back through the woodland. getting caught in the fields, security told us we shouldn’t be on the land, telling us to move on, getting back to the car we drove to our next explore!

 

[Scoobysrt]

Some nice externals, only the one internal shot?

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Good effort, looks an ace place

 

[LSUrbex Exploration]

Some nice externals, only the one internal shot?

Was security unfortunately! Had to quickly run up to the open door, take a picture and leave

 

[Scoobysrt]

Unlucky.

 

[westernsultan]

Some more info -
Norris Castle has a galleted facade with crenellations, but all of this is for show, as the castle has no defensive fortifications. The building's original function was as a residence. The main castle has 15 bedrooms, a grand hall, a circular drawing room and extensive cellars. The estate includes a two-bedroom Lodge Cottage, four-bedroom Farmhouse, three-bedroom Farmhouse Cottage and a two-bedroom Landing House. James Wyatt also designed the farmyard buildings that are further inland, which have a similar design to the castle itself. There are also extensive traditional farm buildings and stabling, a walled garden, a modern two-bedroom farm building and parkland and woodland.

Despite its grandeur, the castle's condition has suffered dramatically over recent years, with the huge cost of trying to keep it maintained. Again in October 2016, Historic England confirmed that its Heritage at Risk Register includes not only Norris Castle itself, but its lands and outbuildings as well. They particularly noted the 'failure in the external walling of Norris Castle' and the 'immediate risk of further rapid deterioration to Norris Castle Farm'. In 2014, part of one of the outbuildings (The Boathouse) was vandalised when eight foot high graffiti was daubed across one of its sides. At the present time, the castle is closed to the public, awaiting restoration.

In February 2016, Norris Castle was bought for £4.7 million, with the intention that it be renovated and opened as a luxury hotel. The owning company is Uavend (Norris Castle) LTD, operated by Eamon O'Connor and his business partner, Edward Wellington. The selling agent set a guide price of £1 million, with the proviso that the estate would need millions spent to restore it.
At the current time, the project is in its planning and consultation stages. Here are the current details http://www.uavend.com/our-projects/norris-castle/

 

[David.norris]

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Some more info -
Norris Castle has a galleted facade with crenellations, but all of this is for show, as the castle has no defensive fortifications. The building's original function was as a residence. The main castle has 15 bedrooms, a grand hall, a circular drawing room and extensive cellars. The estate includes a two-bedroom Lodge Cottage, four-bedroom Farmhouse, three-bedroom Farmhouse Cottage and a two-bedroom Landing House. James Wyatt also designed the farmyard buildings that are further inland, which have a similar design to the castle itself. There are also extensive traditional farm buildings and stabling, a walled garden, a modern two-bedroom farm building and parkland and woodland.

Despite its grandeur, the castle's condition has suffered dramatically over recent years, with the huge cost of trying to keep it maintained. Again in October 2016, Historic England confirmed that its Heritage at Risk Register includes not only Norris Castle itself, but its lands and outbuildings as well. They particularly noted the 'failure in the external walling of Norris Castle' and the 'immediate risk of further rapid deterioration to Norris Castle Farm'. In 2014, part of one of the outbuildings (The Boathouse) was vandalised when eight foot high graffiti was daubed across one of its sides. At the present time, the castle is closed to the public, awaiting restoration.

In February 2016, Norris Castle was bought for £4.7 million, with the intention that it be renovated and opened as a luxury hotel. The owning company is Uavend (Norris Castle) LTD, operated by Eamon O'Connor and his business partner, Edward Wellington. The selling agent set a guide price of £1 million, with the proviso that the estate would need millions spent to restore it.
At the current time, the project is in its planning and consultation stages. Here are the current details http://www.uavend.com/our-projects/norris-castle/

Do you think i'd get a discount?

 

[westernsultan]

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Do you think i'd get a discount?

Not the best name to have - David Norris was jailed for life after he was convicted of killing Stephen Lawrence in an unprovoked racist attack. However there are 394,648 matches found if you search directors called David Norris on gov.uk so perhaps you could work through all these companies