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Le château en bref
Pengersick Castle is a late medieval fortified manor house standing behind the beach at Praa Sands, between Germoe and the sea, in the civil parish of Breage. It is one of the few tower houses of its kind to survive in Cornwall and South West England.
Documents record a dwelling on the site from as early as the 13th century; in 1335 Henry "le Fort" de Pengersick was excommunicated, an episode long woven into the legends of the place. The present building dates mostly from around 1510 and was probably built for William Worth, of a Devon family, and later improved by the Millitons; around 1535 one room was fitted with painted panelling commemorating the marriage of William Milliton and Honour Godolphin. In 1526 the estate was caught up in a case over goods salvaged from the wreck of the San Antonio. On William Milliton's death in 1556 the inheritance was divided among his seven daughters and the house declined; by the early 19th century its rooms were being used as granaries.
What survives is the four-storey tower with its stair turret, parts of the east court and sections of the enclosure walls. An annexe was added in 1927-1928, and the whole was repaired in 1968.
