Historic BuildingsTavistock

Launceston Castle is set on the high motte of a stronghold built soon after the Norman Conquest. It was famously used as a jail for George Fox during the reign of Charles II. As the venue for the county assizes and jail, the castle witnessed the…
Distance: 11.3 miles away

A dramatic 17th‐century fortress built to defend the coastline from the Dutch and still in use by the military today. It has been regularly strengthened over the years, particularly during the 1750's when it was equipped with 113 guns, and is still in use today by the…
Distance: 12.5 miles away

Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th‐century tower keep on a mound, later a prison notorious for harsh punishments ‐ 'the most annoyous, contagious and detestable place within this realm.' To the south is an earlier Norman…
Distance: 6.9 miles away

The remains of the largest castle in Devon, in an outstandingly picturesque setting on a wooded spur above the rushing River Okement. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest as a motte and bailey castle with a stone keep, it was converted into a sumptuous residence in the 14th…
Distance: 14.9 miles away

Superb early 18th‐century mansion set in parkland and fine gardens. The house, containing collections of paintings, furniture and textiles, and home of the Carew family for almost 600 years, is faced in silvery‐grey Pentewan stone, flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick. The grounds were landscaped…
Distance: 11.6 miles away

Buckland Abbey is a 700‐year‐old building with fine 16th‐century great hall, associated with Elizabethan seafarers Drake and Grenville.Tucked away in its own secluded valley above the River Tavy, Buckland was originally a small but influential Cistercian monastery. The house, incorporating the remains of the 13th‐century abbey church, has…
Distance: 4.5 miles away

Mount Edgcumbe House is the former home of the Earls of Mount Edgcumbe. Set in Grade I Cornish Gardens within 865 acres Country Park on the Rame Peninsula, SE Cornwall. The House was built between 1547 and 1553 for the renowned Edgcumbe family of Cotehele and…
Distance: 13.3 miles away

Magnificent Georgian mansion with Adam interiors, gardens and park. Home to the Parker family for generations, Saltram is a remarkable survival of a George II mansion modelled around a Tudor core. It is complete with its original contents and set in an attractive landscape park. Robert Adam worked…
Distance: 11.7 miles away

The Garden House is centred on an enchanting Walled Garden created by the plantsman Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katharine around the romantic ruins of a medieval vicarage. Lionels's successor Keith Wiley extended the garden into new areas such as the South African Garden, the Acer Glade,…
Distance: 3.8 miles away