A Taste of Cottage Life Near the Castle

Summary


There have been several owners of what is now the Blaise Castle estate, in north west Bristol.

They included the Smyths of Ashton Court and Thomas Farr, a Bristol merchant who was responsible for building the sham Gothic- style castle in 1766.

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A Taste of Cottage Life Near the Castle

It was once used as an elegant summer house for entertaining and is now a listed building.

Farr was declared bankrupt in 1778, and in 1...

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