24-529: Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel , West Sussex , England. It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and early 19th centuries by Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk . Further restoration and embellishment was undertaken from the 1890s by Charles Alban Buckler for
48-461: A non-League football club Arundel F.C. which plays at Mill Road. The town also has its own cricket ground at the castle, often cited as being one of the country's most picturesque. It hosts Sussex County Cricket Club for a number of games each season. Charles Alban Buckler Charles Alban Buckler (1825–1905) was an English author, topographer, architect, artist and officer of arms . According to Historic England , he "became one of
72-534: A filming location for several television and film productions. The BBC filmed extensively at the castle and its grounds in 1988 for the Doctor Who serial Silver Nemesis , where it doubled for Windsor Castle . It also doubled for Windsor Castle in the 1994 film The Madness of King George . Arundel Castle was also a location for the 2009 film The Young Victoria , and the 2017 film Wonder Woman . In Thomas Malory 's epic Morte D'Arthur , Arundel Castle
96-597: A museum and comes second behind much larger Chichester in its number of listed buildings in West Sussex. The River Arun runs through the eastern side of the town. Arundel was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Reform Act 1835 . From 1836 to 1889 the town had its own Borough police force with a strength of three. In 1974 it became part of the Arun district , and is now a civil parish with
120-595: A town council. The name comes from the Old English Hārhūnedell , meaning "valley of horehound ", and was first recorded in the Domesday Book . Folk etymology , however, connects the name with the Old French word arondelle , meaning "swallow", and swallows appear on the town's arms. An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Houghton with a total population at
144-406: A tribute to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, known as ‘The Collector’. The garden's centerpiece, Oberon's Palace, is a stunning pavilion that features a shellwork grotto and a fountain that supports a golden corona when the water spurts. The cricket field in the castle grounds has, since 1895, seen matches involving teams from local youths to international sides. Arundel Castle has been used as
168-690: Is on the Arun Valley Line . The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath passes through the town and crosses the river here, while just under five miles (eight kilometres) north and northwest of the town the route of the South Downs Way runs. The town itself lies outside the boundaries of the South Downs National Park . Arundel is home to Arundel Castle , seat of the Duke of Norfolk ; and to Arundel Cathedral , seat of
192-520: Is the castle of Anglides, the mother of Alisander le Orphelin. Arundel Arundel ( / ˈ ær ə n d əl / ARR -ən-dəl or locally / ˈ ɑː n d əl / AHN -dəl ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs , West Sussex , England. The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral . Arundel has
216-547: The slighting of the castle; however "weather probably destroyed more". Although the castle remained in the hands of the Howard family over the succeeding centuries, it was not their favourite residence, and the various Dukes of Norfolk invested their time and energy into improving other ducal estates, including Norfolk House in London. Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk , was known for his restoration work and improvements to
240-693: The (Catholic) Bishop of Arundel and Brighton . On 6 July 2004, Arundel was granted Fairtrade Town status. People born in Arundel are known locally as Mullets, due to the presence of mullet in the River Arun. Arundel is home to one of the oldest Scout Groups in the world. 1st Arundel (Earl of Arundel's Own) Scout Group was formed in 1908 only a few weeks after Scouting began. Based in an HQ in Green Lane Close, it has active sections of Beaver Scouts , Cub Scouts and Scouts. Arundel has
264-563: The 15th Duke. Since the 11th century, the castle has been the seat of the Earls of Arundel and the Dukes of Norfolk . It is a Grade I listed building . The original structure was a motte-and-bailey castle . Roger de Montgomery was declared the first Earl of Arundel as the King granted him the property as part of a much larger package of hundreds of manors. Roger, who was a cousin of William
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#1732779511429288-489: The 2011 census of 4,298. Arundel Town Council is based at Arundel Town Hall . Arundel civil parish occupies an area somewhat larger than its built-up clusters, with the old town towards the north and the new to the south, separated by a main road. Arundel town is a major bridging point over the River Arun as it was the lowest road bridge until the opening of the Littlehampton swing bridge in 1908. Arundel Castle
312-529: The Castle since 2009; in 2018, he received the Kew Guild Medal. The gardeners and volunteers "have worked wonders with their bold and innovative plantings", according to an April 2020 report by Country Life . Their most recent efforts led to a wild water garden around the ponds. Designed by Isabel and Julian Bannerman , The Collector's Earl Garden was opened in 2008 by Charles, Prince of Wales as
336-668: The Conqueror , had stayed in Normandy to keep the peace there while William was away in England. He was rewarded for his loyalty with extensive lands in the Welsh Marches and across the country, together with one fifth of Sussex (Arundel Rape). He began work on Arundel Castle in around 1067. Between 1101 and 1102 the castle was besieged by the forces of Henry I after its holder Robert of Bellême rebelled. The siege ended with
360-465: The castle beginning in 1787. The folly that still stands on the hill above Swanbourne Lake was commissioned by and built for the Duke by Francis Hiorne at this time. In 1846, Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert , visited Arundel Castle for three days. Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk , internally remodelled the castle in time for her visit. The architectural firm responsible for design of
384-462: The castle surrendering to the king. The castle then passed to Adeliza of Louvain (who had previously been married to Henry I ) and her husband William d'Aubigny . Empress Matilda stayed in the castle, in 1139. It then passed down the d'Aubigny line until the death of Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel in 1243. John Fitzalan then inherited jure matris the castle and honour of Arundel, by which, according to Henry VI 's "admission" of 1433, he
408-537: The castle to the National Trust but following his death in 1975 the 17th Duke cancelled the plan. He created an independent charitable trust to guarantee the castle's future, and oversaw restorative works. The extensive gardens had received significant improvements by early 2020 through the efforts of head gardener Martin Duncan and his crew. A horticulturalist and landscape designer, Duncan has been working at
432-430: The furniture was named Morant. The work included a suite of six rooms, built on the second floor of the south-east range at this time. After the 1846 Royal visit the 15th Duke began re-structuring the castle again from 1875 to 1905. The work, which was done to the designs of Charles Alban Buckler and undertaken by Rattee and Kett of Cambridge, was completed in the late 19th century. The 16th Duke had planned to give
456-548: The most distinguished of the early to mid-Victorian Catholic architects." In the field of heraldry he was the Surrey Herald Extraordinary . Charles Alban Buckler was born in 1824. He was born into Buckler dynasty of architects and was the son of the noted architect John Chessell Buckler . He grandfather was John Buckler . Since 2013, the Buckler family of architects and topographical artists has been
480-734: The subject of a research project hosted by the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich . He was a student of medieval art and architecture. Both of he and his father John Chessell Buckler worked together writing architecture books such as A History of the Architecture of the Abbey Church of St Alban in 1847. In 1844, Charles Buckler converted to Catholicism and went on to design many Catholic churches in England. When his father died in 1851, Charles Buckler
504-480: The town centre by a short and congested single carriageway bypass . Plans for a more extensive, HQDC bypass were debated intensely between 1980 and 2010 and a junction was built for it at Crossbush. In Spring 2018, Highways England published their preferred route for the new bypass. During 2018-19 there is a further period of consultation when views on a more detailed design for the four-mile (six-kilometre) dual carriageway will be sought. Arundel railway station
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#1732779511429528-630: Was built by the Normans to protect that vulnerable fairly wooded plain to the north of the valley through the South Downs. The town later grew up on the slope below the castle to the south. The river was previously called the Tarrant and was renamed after the town by antiquarians in a back-formation . Arundel includes meadows to the south but is clustered north of the A27 road , which narrowly avoids
552-554: Was later retrospectively held to have become de jure Earl of Arundel. The FitzAlan male line ceased on the death of Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel , whose daughter and heiress Mary FitzAlan married Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk in 1555, to whose descendants the castle and earldom passed. In 1643, during the First English Civil War , the castle was besieged . The 800 royalists inside surrendered after 18 days. Afterwards in 1653 Parliament ordered
576-547: Was one of six surviving children. In the 1870s, he was commissioned by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk to re-build Arundel Castle . The Duke of Norfolk , as Earl Marshal , the head and chief of the College of Arms , nominated Buckler to be Surrey Herald Extraordinary . On 16 July 1880, his nomination was accepted by Queen Victoria . As both an author and editor he was responsible for numerous literary works about history, architecture and heraldry. In addition, he
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