Barnwell Manor

In the interim period (1913–1938), Prince Philip's future Private Secretary Sir Brian McGrath (1925–2016) grew up at the manor until his parents bought their own house.

[7] In 2013 the High Court disallowed an application by West Coast Energy to build a wind farm close to the manor's lodge.

[8] The appeal gained increased media attention because Justine Thornton, wife of the Labour leader Ed Miliband, was representing the appellant.

The estate now comprises 2,500 acres (10 km2) farmed by the present Duke of Gloucester, and the ruined Barnwell Castle, built c.1266 by Berenger le Moyne, who sold it to Ramsey Abbey in 1276.

The Elizabethan manor house became the principal residence, and the living quarters and all internal buildings of the castle were demolished in 1704.