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Norris Castle

Norris Castle sits within historic grounds in East Cowes and is the Isle of Wight’s first Grade I Listed Landscape.

The grounds include a Grade I listed building, which is also on the English Heritage At Risk register.

The main building has been empty for several years and fallen into disrepair.

Developer Norris Castle Estate Group submitted plans for an £106m development of dwellings in February 2022.

Below are some of the articles relating to Norris Castle.

1, April 2022·2 min read

Norris Castle development branded ‘millionaires’ playground’ as local council considers application

The councillors unanimously voted to object to the major development of the Grade I listed building into a luxury, five-star hotel, by the Norris Castle Estate Group

7, April 2022·2 min read

Norris Castle developers hit back at misinformation and ‘unqualified statements’

Clynt Wellington says his plans are the only long-term viable option necessary to safeguard the heritage assets and retain the estate

13, April 2022·2 min read

Historic England strongly object to Norris Castle proposals in initial advice to council

Norris Castle is described as one of the great treasures of the Isle of Wight and Historic England say the plans entail a very high degree of harm to Norris’s significance

17, June 2022·2 min read

Group that campaigns to protect endangered historic buildings says Norris Castle is under threat from ‘inappropriate and overscaled development’

Save Britain's Heritage have written to Isle of Wight council opposing the redevelopment plans at Norris Castle in East Cowes

3, June 2023·1 min read

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