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Farley Castle is an early 19th-century modern house situated at Farley Hill, Swallowfield, Berkshire. The Gothic-styled, two-storey house in red brick with battlements and round turrets, was built by Martin-Atkins and Woodbury c. 1810, and was the former home of Benjamin Brodie. At one stage, it was the residence of adventurer, author & amateur archaeologist, F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, discoverer of the controversial rock crystal "Skull of Doom", who wrote his autobiographical "Danger My Ally" there in 1953/54. From around the 1960s to the mid-1980s, the castle was the central focus of Hephaistos School. Hephaistos was founded by Miss Dorothy Woolley, for the purpose of educating boys with physical disabilities. Initially a day school based in the castle, Hephaistos became a Special School with the addition of amenities including a teaching block, dormitories, dining hall and a swimming pool. During the 1990s, the area around the castle was developed into a housing estate. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Farley Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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