And if only to further prove the point, interior designer Christiane Lemieux just so happened to be renovating her very own castle when I asked her about this latest interior design trend.

RUTH GOODMAN: This is how many of us think of the interior of castles. Bare stone, echoey, damp, gritty underfoot, but that's because we're used to ruins.When they were in use, back in the 13th ...

A medieval castle with 14th-century origins, the property was sensitively restored and renovated in 2011 by James Cavagnari of Florence architecture and design firm Prima Design, according to ...

But medieval castle-lovers can actually visit one in ... which features a mostly gilt interior, ... also a 13th century design – a convent and monastery, a replica of the Lourdes ...

It took 20 men five years to finish William Hooker Gillette’s castle, a craggy, mottled masterpiece constructed with local fieldstone. The castle’s dark medieval interior furnishings are an ...

An early-medieval castle in the Lake District area of England with a royal history and a dramatic tower hit the market last week for £9.5 million (US$11.99 million).