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Pennsylvania Castle is a Gothic Revival mansion on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located outside of the hamlet of Wakeham, and overlooks Church Ope Cove. The castle and its attached walls has been Grade II Listed since January 1951. The gatehouse and lodges to the castle were also made Grade II Listed at the same time, although the lodges are now separated in ownership from the castle. Pennsylvania Castle was formerly a hotel, and was returned to use as a private residence at the end of the 20th century. It is now hired out for functions and events, and is Portland's most expensive residential property.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Portland castle sells for £3.5million )〕 ==History== The castle was built in 1797-1800 to designs by renowned architect James Wyatt for John Penn, Governor of Portland and grandson of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. The chosen site overlooked the English Channel, facing out to sea, on a platform above Church Ope Cove. Penn had discovered the area on one of his trips with King George III to the Weymouth and Portland area, and decided the platform above the cove was a perfect spot for a marine mansion. The completion of the castle in 1800 was celebrated with an official opening by King George III's daughter Princess Elizabeth.〔http://www.thepenn.co.uk/about-us/history/〕 Later during the same year, King George III, and the queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, visited Penn's new mansion on their wedding anniversary, and a celebration was held at Pennsylvania Castle.〔http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/Portland/695710/〕 After sea bathing had become incredibly popular for its health benefits through King George III, Penn had a bath built below the gardens of his castle, known as John Penn's Bath. However when it was completed, the Court Leet demanded an annual rent for its use after it was built on Common Land. Penn refused to pay, and the bath was abandoned, with the remains still in existence today. After Penn died on 21 June 1834, the castle became occupied for a period by Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, who were the sons of William Penn, and also the joint proprietors of the Pennsylvania state. The castle later appeared as "Sylvania Castle" in Hardy's 1892 novel "The Well-Beloved".〔 During World War II, Winston Churchill, General Eisenhower and General de Gaulle visited the castle, where they met to finalise their plans for the liberation of Europe (D-Day).〔 In 1950 the private residence was turned into a successful hotel, known as "The Pennsylvania Castle Hotel", which continued to operate until the 1990s.〔http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/Portland/695710/〕 In 2011 the mansion was sold by the widow of the former owner, Stephen Curtis, a solicitor with business interests in Russia, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 2004. The castle sold for £4 million, its asking price, to a buyer from Australia. After the brief spell as a private home, the castle was made available as a holiday home, also catering for weddings, private and corporate functions and other events. 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「Pennsylvania Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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