Castle Howard

/ ˈhaʊəd /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

The Castle Howard collection is exceptionally valuable in historical portraits.

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Vanbrugh went to Blenheim with his lady, in a company from Castle Howard, another magnificent monument of his singular genius.

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But we have lingered long enough at Castle Howard; the sky is lowering and gray sheets of rain are sweeping through the trees.

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That, however, imposes by its mass, but Castle Howard neither imposes nor pleases.

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To Castle Howard, infamous; I was near being swallowed up in a slough.

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