Sherborne Castle is in fact a 16th-century Tudor mansion and not really a castle - that's Sherborne 'Old' Castle.
The house was built for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 and was named 'Sherborne Lodge' at the time.
It only became known as Sherborne castle in 1645 during the English Civil War after General Fairfax of the Parliamentarians had reduced the existing castle to a ruin
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