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Pengersick Castle is a fortified medieval house located in Breage, near Penzance in Cornwall, dating from the fifteenth century. The structure comprises a substantial stone keep with associated outbuildings, representing a significant example of Cornish gentry architecture from the late medieval period. The castle was built by the Pengersick family, prominent local landowners, and incorporates defensive features typical of its era, including thick walls and restricted entrance points. The associated building platform indicates the wider domestic and agricultural complex that surrounded the main fortified structure, reflecting the mixed military and residential character of late medieval Cornish estates.
Pengersick Castle and associated building platform is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021407. View the official record →
Pengersick Castle is a fortified medieval house located in Breage, near Penzance in Cornwall, dating from the fifteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021407.
Pengersick Castle and associated building platform is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021407.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wheal Prosper pumping engine house 210m south of Eastcliff Farm (1.8 km), Round cairn 225m NNW of Tregonning Hill House (2.3 km), Wheal Trewavas copper mine 310m south of Trewavas (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pengersick Castle and associated building platform's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pengersick Castle and associated building platform stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.