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Dunster Castle Dunster, Nr Minehead, Somerset TA24 6SL. Tel. 44 (0) 1643 821314

Dunster Castle lies proudly on top of a wooded hill over the quaint village of Dunster.

Although William Arnold built the present building in 1617, the site had housed a Norman castle for over a thousand years. It has seen many changes over the years. In the late 17th century, Colonel Francis Luttrell introduced some impressive decorative features including state-of-the-art plasterwork ceilings and an outstanding staircase. During the reign of Victoria, the architect Antony Salvin was instructed to elaborate the look and feel of the castle by adding two impressive new towers.

The Luttrell family owned the castle for the six hundred year period between 1376 and 1976. The present gatehouse dates back to the start of that period – the only part of the building that does – and was built by Lady Elizabeth Luttrell who bought the castle from the Mohun family. (William de Mohun III was known as the Scourge of the West. He built many of the initial castle defences to protect him from the reaction to his incessant local plundering.)

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