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Queen Elizabeth I sold the castle to a private party in 1572. William the Conqueror erected it in the early 1100s. Thomas Carlyle, a British historian, called it a “big glass soap bubble” and John Ruskin, a leading English art critic, a “conservatory”. Corfe Castle, England Image courtesy of iha.com The ruins of Corfe Castle are located in Dorset on the Isle of Purbeck.
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When it was first built, it wasn’t loved by everyone. It was built in a little over nine months after the initial design. The original building was designed by Joseph Paxton and was 108 feet tall.