Cooling castle
The cooling castle to the east of Kriffe was built for John de Cobham's fort, a license of crenellate licensed in 1381. Two years ago, France's Raiders were causing devastation on the Hou Peninsula, so cooling was built with coastal defense, at least partially in mind.
Ironically, however, it is not uncommon for the English coastal fortress to be concerned, but the castle did not see any action against foreign invaders, but was caught in a civil war. In 1554, Thomas Wyatt sought assistance from the rebel Lord Cobham, which he had organized to prevent Queen Mary from marrying Spain's Philip. When Lord Cobham turned off, Wyatt marched to the cooling castle and broke the wall with a cannon fire in space for a few hours. After the episode, the castle was abandoned.
The castle is one of the later medieval castles and is divided into a square inside the house and two enclosures with a larger base coat. The lowlands would have appeared strongly when the moat was full of water.
The outer curtain and the rounded angle tower are now very ruinous, but the outer gatehouse is well maintained. This is actually a gateway lined with open-backed semi-circular towers. It is curious that machicolinated baldocks crown the gateway, not the tower.
The courtyard has another door with round turrets. The port of the keyhole gun will appear on the wall here and elsewhere. To the right of the door, the curtain is embellished with alternating panels of stone and vermicelli creating a checkered effect. The corner towers here have disappeared, but the other three corner round towers are still standing with many of the curtains in between. These towers were also machicolated. Inside the courtyard, the only domestic feature to survive is the arched undercroft that carries the sun.
Compton Castle
Compton Castle, three miles west of Torquay, belongs to the family of Gilbert-with one long break-since the early 14th century. Gilberts, who found Newfoundland in 1583, is famous for his role in the era of exploration by Sahan Free Gilbert. The profession descended on poor peasants who could not afford any fashionable restructuring, and for this reason the castle was more or less intact,
Compton started out as a typical western country manor house, ignoring subsequent defenses. It is centered on a 14th century hall that has fallen into ruin, which was rebuilt in 1955 on the original line. Otto Gilbert has added a west wing including the sun and a pretty small chapel. The tower attached to the sun is older than the others and seems to have started as a tower house.
Otto's son John turned the house into a broader complex. His additions have been dated to about 1520 and, if this is correct, Thornbury and Compton Veze
As the last true castle ever grown in England. At this time, the coast was frequently attacked by French pirates and Comptons, and would have been targeted not far from inland.
A new wing containing the kitchen and a domestic office was added to the east of the hall. The outer surface of this wing is a projecting tower and a clearly curtain-wall. It may have been intended a square, the hole is lying in the middle and it is divided in two. If we imagine to bring the scheme to completion, there would have been four corners and another square tower in the middle of the two long sides. The old tower is one of these. However, the wing of the west did not extend south to the wing of the east.
The cooling castle to the east of Kriffe was built for John de Cobham's fort, a license of crenellate licensed in 1381. Two years ago, France's Raiders were causing devastation on the Hou Peninsula, so cooling was built with coastal defense, at least partially in mind.
Ironically, however, it is not uncommon for the English coastal fortress to be concerned, but the castle did not see any action against foreign invaders, but was caught in a civil war. In 1554, Thomas Wyatt sought assistance from the rebel Lord Cobham, which he had organized to prevent Queen Mary from marrying Spain's Philip. When Lord Cobham turned off, Wyatt marched to the cooling castle and broke the wall with a cannon fire in space for a few hours. After the episode, the castle was abandoned.
The castle is one of the later medieval castles and is divided into a square inside the house and two enclosures with a larger base coat. The lowlands would have appeared strongly when the moat was full of water.
The outer curtain and the rounded angle tower are now very ruinous, but the outer gatehouse is well maintained. This is actually a gateway lined with open-backed semi-circular towers. It is curious that machicolinated baldocks crown the gateway, not the tower.
The courtyard has another door with round turrets. The port of the keyhole gun will appear on the wall here and elsewhere. To the right of the door, the curtain is embellished with alternating panels of stone and vermicelli creating a checkered effect. The corner towers here have disappeared, but the other three corner round towers are still standing with many of the curtains in between. These towers were also machicolated. Inside the courtyard, the only domestic feature to survive is the arched undercroft that carries the sun.
Compton Castle
Compton Castle, three miles west of Torquay, belongs to the family of Gilbert-with one long break-since the early 14th century. Gilberts, who found Newfoundland in 1583, is famous for his role in the era of exploration by Sahan Free Gilbert. The profession descended on poor peasants who could not afford any fashionable restructuring, and for this reason the castle was more or less intact,
Compton started out as a typical western country manor house, ignoring subsequent defenses. It is centered on a 14th century hall that has fallen into ruin, which was rebuilt in 1955 on the original line. Otto Gilbert has added a west wing including the sun and a pretty small chapel. The tower attached to the sun is older than the others and seems to have started as a tower house.
Otto's son John turned the house into a broader complex. His additions have been dated to about 1520 and, if this is correct, Thornbury and Compton Veze
As the last true castle ever grown in England. At this time, the coast was frequently attacked by French pirates and Comptons, and would have been targeted not far from inland.
A new wing containing the kitchen and a domestic office was added to the east of the hall. The outer surface of this wing is a projecting tower and a clearly curtain-wall. It may have been intended a square, the hole is lying in the middle and it is divided in two. If we imagine to bring the scheme to completion, there would have been four corners and another square tower in the middle of the two long sides. The old tower is one of these. However, the wing of the west did not extend south to the wing of the east.
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