Castle Lodge, located by Ludlow Castle, is an Elizabethan house, originally built during the 13th Century, then rebuilt in 1580. It is famous for being the residence of Catherine of Aragon while she was married to Prince Arthur, and it is claimed that her ghost can sometimes be seen there.
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