Cranbourne Lodge, English country house in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England.
Cranbourne Lodge is a Grade II listed structure in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, of which only a tower now remains standing. The main house was pulled down in the 19th century, leaving the tower as the only surviving part of what was once a full residential complex.
The lodge dates to the reign of Henry VII, when it served as a forest keeper's dwelling within the royal park. Over the following centuries it grew into a more substantial residence before the main house fell out of use and was taken down in the 19th century.
The surviving tower stands as a private residence visible from the paths of Windsor Great Park. Visitors can spot it rising above the surrounding parkland, a rare example of a royal keeper's dwelling that outlasted the main house it once belonged to.
The tower is a private residence and cannot be entered, but it is visible from the public paths that run through Windsor Great Park. The park covers a wide area, so it is worth checking in advance which entrance or path brings you closest to the tower.
Poets Byron and Shelley both wrote about the place after Princess Charlotte was kept there against her will in the early 19th century. It is rare for a single tower in a royal park to appear in the work of two of England's leading Romantic poets.
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