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Westenhanger Castle

Grade I listed historic house museum in Shepway, United Kingdom
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Westenhanger Castle

Summary

Westenhanger Castle is a historic house museum[1]. It draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #143 of 425).[2]

Key Facts

  • Westenhanger Castle is located in Stanford[3].
  • Westenhanger Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Westenhanger Castle's instance of is recorded as historic house museum[5].
  • Westenhanger Castle's instance of is recorded as quadrangular castle[6].
  • Westenhanger Castle's instance of is recorded as manor house[7].
  • Westenhanger Castle's commissioned by is recorded as John de Criol[8].
  • Westenhanger Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Edward Poynings[9].
  • Westenhanger Castle's Commons category is recorded as Westenhanger Castle[10].
  • 1343 marks the founding of Westenhanger Castle[11].
  • Westenhanger Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as TR1236537163[12].
  • Westenhanger Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0944, 'lon': 1.03144}[13].
  • Westenhanger Castle's significant event is recorded as licence to crenellate[14].
  • Westenhanger Castle's significant event is recorded as offensive[15].
  • Westenhanger Castle's significant event is recorded as demolition[16].
  • Westenhanger Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.westenhangercastle.co.uk/[17].
  • Westenhanger Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].
  • Westenhanger Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[19].
  • Westenhanger Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Ashford[20].
  • Westenhanger Castle's historic county is recorded as Kent[21].

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Founding

1343 marks the founding of Westenhanger Castle[11].

Why It Matters

Westenhanger Castle draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #143 of 425).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Jason.nlw · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.0944, 'lon': 1.03144}
    Official website → https://www.westenhangercastle.co.uk/
    Significant event → licence to crenellate, offensive, demolition
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Stanford
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12749]]: Q161204, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779963665892"
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