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Ince Castle | |
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Location | Saltash, Cornwall, England |
Coordinates | 50°23′12″N 4°15′01″W / 50.38669°N 4.25022°W |
Built | 17th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 17 January 1952 |
Reference no. | 1329260 |
Ince Castle is three miles (5 km) from Saltash in Cornwall, England, UK. It is not a castle in the conventional sense, but a manor house built of brick. It was built in 1642, at the start of the English Civil War and was captured in 1646. Attached to the house are four three-storey towers with walls 1.2 metres thick. There is a classical portico and the windows are rectangular. The house and estate were sold in the 1850s and let as a farm but it became increasingly run down and covered in ivy by the 20th century. It burnt down in 1988 but it has now been rebuilt.