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Hemyock Castle

Hob Uid: 188945
Location :
Devon
Mid Devon
Hemyock
Grid Ref : ST1351013280
Summary : Fortified house or quadrangular castle, granted a licence to crenellate in 1380. Beseiged in 1642 when it was garrisoned by Parliamentarians but probably demolished circa 1660. The remains of the gatehouse, walls and towers survive. The moat is well defined, from 1 to 2.5 metres deep around the southern and western sides, and from 0.7 to 1.2 metres deep on the northern side.
More information : [ST 1351 1328] Castle [O.E.] (1)

Near the church are the remains of Hemyock Castle, probably a fortified house rather than a true castle, erected in the late 13th or early 14th century. (2)

Hemyock Castle gatehouse and walls are scheduled as a Grade II structure; the gatehouse has round flanking towers and the fragmentary walls incorporate portions of semi-circular towers, probably of early 14th century date.

Pevsner makes a short reference to the fairly well preserved
gateway dismissing the other remains as 'not eloquent'. (3,4)

Scheduled. (5)

Apart from the gatehouse, which is in a fair state of preservation, the remains of Hemyock Castle are poor. Three remnants of wall towers on the north side of the precincts and a further tower on the south side are of rubble construction with no dressed stone. The remains are from 2.0m to 4.0m high.

The moat is well defined, from 1.0m to 2.5m deep around the southern and western sides, and from 0.7m to 1.2m deep on the northern side GPs AO/62/16/4-6. (6)

The licence for crenellation of Hemyock Castle is dated 1380. The only record of siege is in 1642 when it was garrisoned by Parliamentarians and reduced by the Royalists. Although stated to have been destroyed by Cromwell it seems that abandonment and decay occurred after the Restoration. (7)

Castle (NR) (remains of) (NAT) (8)

No change to previous field report. (9)

Hemyock Castle Gatehouse and Curtain Walls. Grade II*. (10)

Listed by Cathcart King as a Quadrangular castle. (11)
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Source details : 'Devon' 1954 p. 408 (W.G. Hoskins)
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Source details : Exeter DAS 4 3rd Ser 1927-9 47-53 (Plan & Illus)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of Mid-Devon Apr-1987 32
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Late C13/early C14
Monument End Date : 1332
Monument Start Date : 1267
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Demolished Building
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : c1380
Monument End Date : 1390
Monument Start Date : 1370
Monument Type : Quadrangular Castle, Gatehouse, Curtain Wall, Angle Tower, Interval Tower
Evidence : Demolished Building, Ruined Building, Structure
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished c1660
Monument End Date : 1670
Monument Start Date : 1650
Monument Type : Fortified House
Evidence : Demolished Building
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 95711
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 11 SW 2
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