Castle Lodge, Ludlow

There is no documentary evidence for the widely held opinion of Castle Lodge being the residence of Catherine of Aragon whilst she was married to Prince Arthur or when widowed.

Pearson struggled to find public or private funding for the upkeep of the building, and created plans to convert Castle Lodge into a hotel once again.

Nevertheless, these plans never reached fruition, a failure which Pearson attributes to the lack of support from local businesses, stating that "if it [Castle Lodge] was anywhere else but Ludlow we would be getting a £1,000 a week grant to do it".

"[3] In October 2019 it was announced the property had new owners who had begun to undertake the necessary consent process with a view to converting Castle Lodge into a boutique hotel.

[5] A 1965 film adaptation titled The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders starred Kim Novak as Moll Flanders and Richard Johnson as Jemmy with Angela Lansbury as Lady Blystone, with George Sanders as the banker, and Lilli Palmer as Dutchy had some of its scenes shot in Castle Lodge.