Kingsgate Castle

Kingsgate Castle

Kingsgate Castle on the cliffs above Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Kent was built for Lord Holland (Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland) in the 1760s. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 (gate is a "cliff-gap") but other English monarchs have also used this cove such as George II in 1748.

The building has now been converted into flats.

The area around the castle boasts an amazing diversity of wildlife, using the whitle chalk cliffs as a habitat.

External links

* [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/online/online-mss-catalogues/cats/hpelham_1cat.html Letter from (T. Pelham-Holles) 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (later 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne), Kingsgate, near Margate, Kent, to Henry Pelham; 22 November 1748]
* [http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/reference.asp?index=25&imageUID=78026&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=KENT&district=&place_name= English Heritage photograph of castle]
* [http://www.stamps-auction.com/broadstairs-1929-old-colour-postcard-kingsgate-castle-for-sale-23289 Postcard of Kingsgate Castle]


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