Lydstep Palace

Lydstep Palace is an elongated building oriented northwest to southeast. It features an undefended first-floor hall and a second room that appears to have been a parlour. The undercroft is vaulted and divided into two unequal sections, with the longer vault running longitudinally. The masonry is made of roughly coursed limestone.

The entrance to the smaller basement on the northeast side has a round-headed doorway with roughly shaped voussoirs and a corbel to the right, which may have supported a porch roof. There is another doorway that has been more roughly formed to the right of this entrance, along with a very small window in between.

At the west corner of the smaller basement, there is a small annex that also has a vaulted floor above, likely serving as the undercroft for a latrine. A southwest window connects the annex to the room via a small passage.

The larger basement has two windows and a portable door on the same side. This basement features a probably later mid cross-wall. On the southwest side, there is a window located below the vault. The external stairs that once led to this area have long since disappeared.

In the gable wall of the parlour, there is a chimney supported on corbels at the first-floor level. Nearby, remnants of a slate roof can be found. The southwest wall has two windows with splayed embrasures. The upper part of the building is heavily overgrown.