A historic New Hampshire castle overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee has been lost to a two-alarm fire that broke out early Wednesday morning.

Kimball Castle , which was built in Gilford just before the turn of the 20th century, has been declared a total loss, according to Gilford firefighters.

The Gilford Fire Department responded to reports of a large outdoor fire on Scenic Drive shortly before 3:45 a.m., firefighters said in a Facebook post . Soon after, the department received additional reports of a brush fire along Route 11 and a building fire on Lockes Hill — the land on which the castle was situated.

Firefighters struck a first alarm before arriving at the scene, firefighters said. Once there, they found Kimball Castle fully engulfed in flames that were rapidly spreading to the sur

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