Ruins Of Fowlecombe House

The ruins of Fowlecombe House are the remains of a large country house located in formerly landscaped grounds, built in 1537 for Sir Thomas Fowel. The house was significantly extended and remodeled in a Gothic style in the late 18th century. Little, if any, of the original 16th-century structure remains. The building is constructed of slate rubble, mostly covered in stucco, with the south-west corner tower featuring ashlar stonework. The ruins stand at two or three storeys high and are roofless, with much of the walls having collapsed. However, the walls on the south-west elevation and the tower projections on the south-east front are relatively intact, though the site is heavily overgrown with ivy.

The long south-east front features four projecting towers, two of which have corbelled and moulded battlements. The south-west corner tower, which is partly faced with ashlar, includes a chamfered pointed arch doorway on the right-hand return and is said to incorporate some elements of the 16th-century house. There are stuccoed labels above the window heads. A two or three-storey porch on the south-west end elevation has a stuccoed moulded two-centred arch doorway with a label. The house is built into a hillside, and behind it are terraced former gardens. It is reported that the house was abandoned in 1919.