14-518: Wyke Castle is a residence at the top of Pirates Lane, in Wyke Regis , near Weymouth , Dorset , England . It was built around 1855 and has been a Grade II listed building since 1974. It now forms three separate dwellings. Wyke Castle was built around 1855 as a residence for Dr. Andrew Chadwick Fenoulhet, a local surgeon who came to Weymouth in 1842. In 1855, he was elected by the Weymouth Union as
28-539: A voluntary aided school administered by Dorset Council , in June 2019 All Saints Church of England School converted to academy status and was renamed All Saints Church of England Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Ambitions Academy Trust. All Saints Church of England Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school also offers a range of extra-curricular activities including
42-530: A major anti-submarine and torpedo warfare centre in both the First and Second World Wars. The Whitehead site is now a housing estate. It later became Vickers Armstrong, Wellworthys and finally AE Piston Products. In 2018 London based theatre company The Pensive Federation, inspired by artistic director Neil J. Byden's family and upbringing in Wyke and his parents connections to the factory, set their annual new writing festival in
56-404: Is 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the county town, Dorchester . The village has a population of around 5,500. All Saints' Church in the village is known to have been frequented by King George III during his summer visits to Weymouth between 1790 and 1805. The church was the main place of worship for Weymouth citizens until the first sizeable church was built in the main part of the town in
70-646: Is part of South Dorset constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . Wyke Regis is part of the Rodwell and Wyke ward for elections to Dorset Council . Wyke Regis looks over Chesil Beach and the Fleet lagoon to the west, the Isle of Portland to the south and Portland Harbour to the south and east. The South West Coast Path passes around the coast of
84-606: The 19th century. The victims of the wrecks of the East Indiaman ship Earl of Abergavenny , including its captain John Wordsworth, brother of poet William Wordsworth , are buried in the churchyard, as are bodies recovered from Alexander . Construction of the church started around 1451; it took four years to build and was dedicated on 19 October 1455. The church is constructed of local stone brought from quarries on Portland and at Upwey. Thanks to treacherous local currents and
98-477: The circular tower has a domed interior. The design of the castle was influenced by the Martello Tower . Wyke Regis Wyke Regis / ˌ w aɪ k ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s / is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth , in south Dorset , England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach . Wyke
112-459: The civil parish had a population of 4378. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Weymouth and Chickerell . The major industry in the area was Whitehead Torpedo Works, which has now closed. As the major employer in the village, Whitehead's funded the building of two schools, which opened in 1897. Whitehead's expertise also led to the Royal Naval establishment at Portland becoming
126-646: The fictional factory of Reseal9. Significant Other Inc. was performed at The Vault Theatre in Waterloo. Wyke Regis Infant school is situated along Portland Road, while Wyke Regis Junior school is on the High Street. There is a Nursery school within the grounds of the Infant school. All Saints Church of England Academy is a secondary school situated on the Portland Road. The school is a Church of England school. Wyke Regis
140-512: The inside of the castle's tower with his collection of butterflies. During their time at the castle, Maxwell founded the local branch of the Women's Institute in 1923 and was its first president. Wyke Castle is built of Portland stone rubble and ashlar, with slate and lead roofs. It is made up of a two-storey circular tower at its centre, with projecting low ranges leading to their own rectangular towers. The towers are ornamented with stone parapets, and
154-646: The long sweep of Chesil Beach on which many ships ran aground, the village, as well as the neighbouring Isle of Portland gained a reputation for both smuggling and the looting of wrecks. This reputation is reflected today in the name of a local public house, the Wyke Smugglers previously known as the Wyke Hotel. Located close to the Fleet Lagoon of Chesil Beach is the Wyke Regis Training Area . In 1931
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#1732858129176168-512: The medical officer for the Wyke Regis district. He had previously served as the medical attendant for the Weymouth district from 1845 and as medical officer for a newly-established district covering part of Weymouth east of the town bridge from 1853. After Fenoulhet's death in 1862, the castle remained in the ownership of his wife until her death in 1879. The castle was then sold to Mr. J. W. Davis. It
182-596: The village, which is also around halfway along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site . All Saints Church of England Academy, Wyke Regis All Saints Church of England Academy (formerly All Saints Church of England School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Wyke Regis in the English county of Dorset . It is a Church of England school within the Diocese of Salisbury . Previously
196-405: Was advertised as a "unique, pleasant, and very healthy Gentleman's Residence, standing in its own Grounds, with Gardens, Conservatories, &c." In 1899, the castle was under the occupation of Mr. P. Cruttwell of Frome , who used it as a holiday resort. In the 1920s, the castle was occupied by Edmund Selous and his wife Fanny Margaret Maxwell. Selous, a naturalist, author and traveler, decorated
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