Schloss Richmond
| Richmond Castle | |
|---|---|
Schloss Richmond | |
Richmond Castle | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Location | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Construction started | 1768 |
| Completed | 1769 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Carl Christoph Wilhelm Fleischer |
| Other designers | Christian Gottlob Langwagen, architect, Lancelot "Capability" Brown, landscape architect |
Richmond Castle (German: 'Schloss Richmond') is a castle built from 1768 to 1769 in Braunschweig, Germany for Princess (later Duchess) Augusta, wife of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. It lies near the Oker river in the south of the city. The architect was Carl Christoph Wilhelm Fleischer.
The castle was named after the princess's English home in Richmond Park, a royal park now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.