Sham Castle Ruin And Surrounding Boundary Retaining Wall Approximately 260 Metres North Of Castle Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Castle ruin.
Sham Castle Ruin And Surrounding Boundary Retaining Wall Approximately 260 Metres North Of Castle Hill House
- WRENN ID
- low-corbel-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- Castle ruin
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FILLEIGH CASTLE HILL SS 62 NE 5/41 Sham Castle ruin and - surrounding boundary retaining 20.2.67 wall approximately 260 metres north of Castle Hill House GV II
Sham gothic castle ruin built as eyecatcher in landscape design to Castle Hill House. Mid C18. Stone rubble with some brickwork to the parapet. Square tower with taller projecting corner turrets and lower flank walls terminating in mock turrets. Symmetrical. Pointed arched doorways to each side of tower, that to front flanked by tall narrow pointed arched window openings, largely infilled. 4 bulls- eyes above. Flank walls each have 2 rectangular window openings with blind quatrefoil loops to the mock turrets at each end above smaller rectangular openings. The raised castle mound has a stone rubble retaining wall with buttresses at intervals and a sham pointed arched gateway to north side.
Listing NGR: SS6722128738
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