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House, land & contentsGLOUCESTERSHIRESouth West

Berkeley Castle

Conditionally exempt items here: At BERKELEY CASTLE, works by Kneller, Re, At BERKELEY CASTLE a collection of paint

including the outer Gatehouse, Berkeley Chapel and the registered park and garden. The castle has a long and continuous asscociation with the Berkeley family and is a fine example of a local gentry castle which has been associated with major historical events

Access

To provide access to the exterior and the principal rooms of Berkeley Castle and Berkeley Chapel and the exterior of the Outer Gatehouse on 100 days each year ("the access days") between May and the end of September including 25 weekends and bank holidays. Further details of opening times can be found at the following link www.berkeley-castle.com

Your access rights
  • Right to view without prior appointment
  • 100 access days a year
The owner's binding undertakings

2 With respect to the Property until any earlier disposal whether of all or any of the Property whether by sale or gift or otherwise: 3 a To take the following steps for maintenance repair and preservation: i To complete within 12 months of designation the following documents ? a comprehensive schedule of buildings, monuments and landscape features. An up to date condition survey of all the non-designated buildings including the Garden buildings and structures, the road bridge crossing the northern moat, the game larder located within Castle Grove, Pond House and the tennis court shelters on the Great Lawn to include prioritised management recommendations to inform the Heritage Management Plan. The survey is to be prepared by a suitably qualified architectural contractor. ? a set of revised floorplans of Berkeley Castle indicating all the rooms to which visitors will have access on …

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