When Was Castell Coch Built?

Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge.

What was Castell Coch built for?

This building is chiefly known as a romantic folly supposedly reproducing a small medieval Welsh chieftain's stronghold, built in the 1870s, for the 3rd Marquess of Bute to a design by William Burges, and possessing the most remarkable interior decoration.

Why is it called castle Coch?

Castell Coch is the castle's Welsh name, and it translates in English to 'Red Castle', it took its name from the red sandstone which is located in the area and from which it was built.