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Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, 1844. View of Norris Castle at East Cowes. 'The architect of this imposing specimen of the castellated style was Sir J. Wyatville, then Mr. Wyatt, who erected it for the late Lord Henry Seymour, who took much pride in it, and received much pleasure from the visits of strangers to his domain. "The deception as to its apparent antiquity", says Mr. Barber, "is complete to those unacquainted with the details of an ancient English castle; and numbers who might first see Norris from the deck of a steam-boat, would be readily impressed with the idea that centuries had elapsed since the period of its erection"'. (The castle was built in 1799 by James Wyatt, not by Sir Jeffry Wyatville). From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.