Description

SX 15 SW LANTEGLOS-BY-FOWEY WEST STREET, POLRUAN

8/90 Polruan Castle

21/8/64
- II*

Blockhouse, now maintained ruin, erected circa 1540 and last used in 1666. One
of Henry VIII's forts erected to guard the entrance to Fowey River and was linked by
a large chain with a similar blockhouse on the Fowey side.
Rubble stone with ashlar dressings. Floors and roof now gone. Square in plan.
3 storeys. Entrance on south-east near centre. Chamfered round-headed arch. Small
rectangular loop embrasure to the right and 3 above. Oversailing parapet remains on
south corner. Small rectangular embrasures on other faces with 2 stone mullioned
windows on the north-east and a musket-loop on the north-west. Remains of stone
newel stairs on the east and south with steps up from the headland on the west.
Remains of fireplace and slate lintel on the first floor.
Owned by Polruan Town Trust and scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SX1233651085

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)