Hever Castle

E96083

castle historic house stately home tourist attraction

Hever Castle is a historic moated castle in Kent, England, best known as the childhood home of Anne Boleyn and later the country residence of the wealthy Astor family.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hever Castle canonical	10
Hever Castle, Kent	3

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	castle ⓘ historic house ⓘ stately home ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith	Anne Boleyn ⓘ Anne of Cleves ⓘ Astor family ⓘ English Reformation Parliament era ⓘ surface form: English Reformation Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
builtInPeriod	13th century ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
distanceFromLondon	about 30 miles ⓘ about 48 kilometres ⓘ
famousAs	childhood home of Anne Boleyn ⓘ country residence of the Astor family ⓘ residence of Anne Boleyn's family ⓘ
governingBody	private ownership ⓘ
hasCollection	Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours ⓘ Tudor portraits ⓘ armour and weapons ⓘ historic furniture ⓘ
hasFeature	Italian garden ⓘ drawbridge ⓘ gardens ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ inner bailey ⓘ lake ⓘ maze ⓘ moat ⓘ moat-fed by River Eden ⓘ outer bailey ⓘ rose garden ⓘ stone curtain walls ⓘ timber-framed Tudor house ⓘ topiary ⓘ water maze ⓘ yew maze ⓘ
hasGridReference	TQ476452 ⓘ
hasPart	Armoury displays ⓘ Astor Wing ⓘ Book of Hours Room ⓘ Chapel ⓘ Gatehouse ⓘ Great Hall ⓘ Hever Castle Gardens ⓘ Hever Castle Lake ⓘ Italian Garden ⓘ Lake Walks ⓘ Long Gallery ⓘ Moat ⓘ Rose Garden ⓘ Topiary Garden ⓘ Tudor Portrait Collection ⓘ Tudor Village ⓘ Water Maze ⓘ Yew Maze ⓘ
hasPostcode	TN8 7NG ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.hevercastle.co.uk/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ
locatedIn	Hever ⓘ Kent ⓘ South East England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn	River Eden ⓘ
near	Edenbridge ⓘ
offersAccommodationType	bed and breakfast rooms ⓘ luxury rooms in Astor Wing ⓘ
offersActivity	archery ⓘ boating on the lake ⓘ garden walks ⓘ jousting displays ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
originallyBuiltAs	country house ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy	de Hever family ⓘ
ownedBy	House of Boleyn ⓘ surface form: Anne Boleyn's family Anne of Cleves ⓘ Astor family ⓘ House of Boleyn ⓘ surface form: Boleyn family Broadland Properties Limited ⓘ Guthrie family ⓘ Henry VIII of England ⓘ surface form: Henry VIII Humphrey Waldegrave ⓘ Meade Waldo family ⓘ Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire ⓘ surface form: Thomas Boleyn Waldegrave family ⓘ William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
region	Weald ⓘ surface form: Weald of Kent
restorationStyle	Tudor Revival ⓘ
restoredBy	William Waldorf Astor ⓘ
restoredInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
touristAttractionStatus	major visitor attraction in Kent ⓘ
usedAs	conference venue ⓘ hotel ⓘ museum ⓘ wedding venue ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astor family → associatedWithPlace → Hever Castle ⓘ

Anne Boleyn → birthPlace → Hever Castle ⓘ

Anne Boleyn → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

Anne of Cleves → grantedResidence → Hever Castle ⓘ

Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

Tudor architecture → hasNotableExample → Hever Castle ⓘ

William Waldorf Astor → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hever Castle, Kent

House of Boleyn → connectedToEstate → Hever Castle ⓘ

House of Boleyn → seat → Hever Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hever Castle, Kent

Mary Boleyn → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hever Castle, Kent

Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg → residence → Hever Castle ⓘ