Originally a Norman motte-and-bailey, similar to Windsor (mostly Victorian on ancient remains) now much embellished so as to be a prime showcase of Victorian conspicuous consumption..

A beautiful 'ideal dream castle' place, dominating the village, but not up to the hubris of Windsor; there is a unique church in this town that is half Protestant (Anglican parish church) and half Roman Catholic cathedral devoted to some saint (Philip Howard?) nobody ever heard of (except that he was an ancestor of Arundel's lord, the Duke of Norfolk, who happens to be RC); there is a wall or screen right up the middle of the building in the central aisle!).