Pengersick Castle
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.
Description
The tower house is of late medieval date and features one of the few towers of its type preserved in Britain. Lysons 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".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, married John Militon of Meavy in Devon.The Militon family, which originated in Devon, inherited Pengersick, and enlarged the building. John Milliton of Pengersick Castle became High Sheriff of Cornwall. Sabine Baring-Gould wrote as follows:
Pengersick Castle was improved circa 1530 as a manor house using the proceeds of the wreck of a valuable Portuguese ship. Job Militon of Pengersick Castle was Governor of Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall, in 1547.