Pengersick Castle, Pengersick Lane, Breage, Cornwall
This fortified manor house dates from around 1510. Although there is evidence for a house here from at least the 13th century. It was probably built for William Worth of Worth in Devon. Then improved by the Milliton family of Meavey in Devon. The position of the house on the coast made it necessary to build a defensive building. This was because of the constant threat from the French and Spanish. There is a well recorded history connected to the site. In 1335 Henry 'Le Fort' Pengersick was excommunicated for wounding a priest. In 1526 John Milliton was implicated in the disappearance of valuables from the wreck of the King of Portugal's ship San Antonio. On the death of William Millton in 1556 the estate was divided among his 7 daughters. The castle declined into ruin thereafter.
