Lord Egerton Castle


Lord Egerton Castle is a house styled like a fortress located 14 km outside Nakuru, Kenya. The foundation was laid in 1938 by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton.
The architect was Albert Brown. Construction continued until 1954.
The castle was opened to the public in 2005 and is under management from Egerton University.
The castle has 52 rooms. Among them:

History

After purchasing the land Maurice Egerton built a small first house.
While living in the first house the second house with four bedrooms was built.
The unnamed woman called the second house a “chicken house”. That was the reason for Maurice Egerton to build the castle. Lord Egerton had begun constructing the castle in 1938 after the woman he intended to marry refused to start a family with him in the previous houses he had constructed for her. The construction of the castle stalled for some years right after the inception of World war.It took 10 years to complete its construction in 1954. Lord Maurice Egerton stayed in the castle for only 4 years until he passed away in 1958.