Lulworth Estate

{{Short description|Country estate in Dorset, United Kingdom}}

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The Lulworth Estate is a {{convert|12,000|acre|adj=on}} country estate located in central south Dorset, England. Its most notable landscape feature is a five-mile stretch of coastline on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, including Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. It is owned by the Weld family.{{cite web |last1=Shrubsole |first1=Guy |title=The ten landowners who own one-sixth of Dorset. |url=https://whoownsengland.org/2020/01/04/the-ten-landowners-who-own-one-sixth-of-dorset/ |website=Who Owns England?}}

The historic estate includes the Lulworth Castle and park.{{cite web | url=http://www.lulworth.com/castle_park/castle_park.htm | title=Lulworth Castle and Park | website=www.lulworth.com | accessdate=29 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006194701/http://www.lulworth.com/castle_park/castle_park.htm | archive-date=6 October 2013 | url-status=dead }} The landscaped gardens are Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.{{NHLE |num=1000720 |desc=Lulworth Castle |accessdate=11 February 2016 |fewer-links=x}} The castle was residence to the Weld family until 1929 when it was ravaged by fire.{{cite web|title=Treasures of the Library|author=Akira, Hirano |url=

https://host1.sainsbury-institute.org/e-mag/issue-02-january-2013/treasures-of-the-library/ |publisher= The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Art and Culture - University of East Anglia |date=2013 |access-date=5 May 2020}}

Lulworth was once part of a grander estate under Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon.{{cite web | url=http://www.holidaycottages.co.uk/things-to-do/days-out/dorset/lulworth-estate-dorset | title=Lulworth Estate | website=www.holidaycottages.co.uk | accessdate=29 October 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131030095154/http://www.holidaycottages.co.uk/things-to-do/days-out/dorset/lulworth-estate-dorset | archive-date=30 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}