Stately homes · South West England
Pengersick Castle
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Pengersick Castle — Grade I listed manor house in Breage, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt · 6.8 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Pengersick Castle, the nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, located 6.8 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is TR20 9SJ. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Pengersick Castle is a stately home in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed manor house in Breage, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 50.1064°, -5.3834°.
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Heritage listing
Pengersick Castle is a fortified manor house located between the villages of Germoe and Praa Sands, in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England. The tower house, which is in the parish of Breage, is a Grade I listed building. Parts of the building date from the early 16th century.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pengersick Castle is a fortified manor house located between the villages of Germoe and Praa Sands, in the civil parish of Breage, in Cornwall, England. The tower house, which is in the parish of Breage, is a Grade I listed building. Parts of the building date from the early 16th century.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
It was built in about 1510 by William Worth. The Worth family originated at the manor of Worth in the parish of Washfield in Devon. Elizabeth Worth, a daughter of Thomas Worth (fl.1467), married John Militon of Meavy in Devon. The Militon family, which originated in Devon, inherited (or otherwise acquired) Pengersick, and enlarged the building.<br /> Pengersick Castle was improved circa 1530 as a fortified manor house using the proceeds of the wreck of a valuable Portuguese ship. Job Militon (f.1547) of Pengersick Castle was Governor of Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall, in 1547.
Description
The tower house is of late medieval date and features one of the few towers of its type preserved in Britain. Lysons (1814) wrote as follows: "There are considerable remains of an ancient castellated mansion on this estate, called Pendersick Castle, the principal rooms in which are made use of as granaries and hay-lofts; one of them, which is nearly entire, is wainscotted in panels; the upper part of the wainscot is ornamented with paintings, each of which is accompanied with appropriate verses and proverbs in text hand".
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.1064, -5.3834
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Breage
- Postcode
- TR20 9SJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Established
- 1510
- Nearest railway station
- Prospidnick Halt — 6.8 km
- Official site
- www.pengersickcastle.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q17529529 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pengersick Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Pengersick Castle - geograph.org.uk - 54699.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pengersick Castle?
- Pengersick Castle is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR20 9SJ), in the parish of Breage.
- What is Pengersick Castle?
- Pengersick Castle — Grade I listed manor house in Breage, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Pengersick Castle?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 6.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode TR20 9SJ.
- When was Pengersick Castle built?
- Built or established in 1510.
- Who owns Pengersick Castle?
- Pengersick Castle is owned by | designation1 = Grade I.
- Is Pengersick Castle a listed building?
- Pengersick Castle is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Pengersick Castle a protected site?
- Yes — Pengersick Castle is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Pengersick Castle?
- The nearest railway station is Prospidnick Halt, about 6.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR20 9SJ.