Mereworth Castle (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England. Originally the site of a fortified manor licensed in 1332, the present building is not actually a castle, but was built in the 1720s as an almost exact copy of Palladio's Villa Rotunda. It was designed in 1723 by Colen Campbell who had been commissioned by John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland. The interior features plasterwork by Giovanni Bagutti and fresco painting by Francesco Sleter.