Hilfield Castle

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Le château en bref

Near Aldenham, in south-west Hertfordshire, Hilfield Castle is a fanciful house with the look of a fortified castle, built at the very end of the 18th century. Battlements, machicolations, arrow slits, octagonal turrets and clustered chimneys make up a medieval silhouette that makes no secret of its character as a picturesque villa. The house, first called Hillfield Lodge, was designed by the young Jeffry Wyatt, later Sir Jeffry Wyatville, who remodelled Windsor Castle for George IV; it is one of his earliest known works. It was commissioned by the Honourable George Villiers, brother of the Earl of Clarendon. A private home of the Jefferis family, the property is not open to visitors, but its spectacular façade has served as a backdrop for several films and series, including Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962).