East Cowes Castle way that even throughout the summer, the ice would not melt. The castle had a battery of eight guns, from which Royal Salutes were often fired, when the Royal Yacht was visiting Cowes. This exact copy of the original East Cowes Castle was built on Lough Cooter, County Galway in 1814. As described, East Cowes Castle was originally designed, built and owned by the famous architect John Nash, who was the protegé of the Prince Regent, who was to become King George IV. The circumstances surrounding its creation was that Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort happened to visit East Cowes
East Cowes Castle a prospect that the castle could be inhabited again. The following week it was announced that a company was being formed to manage the estate and that the secretary was a Mr R G Burke, with the registered office being 6 Birmingham Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight. In 1934, the castle was bought by Cowes Estates LTD, a development company. From that time until the start of the Second World War, the estate was only inhabited by caretakers and its only actual use was for a short time as summer tea gardens for island visitors. In 1940, during the Second