England · Partial ruin
Berry Pomeroy Castle
Berry Pomeroy Castle is a late-15th to 17th-century castle and Tudor house on a limestone outcrop above the Gatcombe Brook in South Devon. Built by the Pomeroys and remodelled and extended by the Seymours, it became a largely abandoned and partly-ruined fortified residence by the late 17th century and is now an English Heritage site. Archaeological work in the late 20th century clarified its late-medieval origins and later phases.
First raised
1496
Its prime
1688
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1688
The shape it held in its prime.
A grey limestone curtain wall encircles a courtyard on a limestone outcrop above a wooded valley; a prominent twin-towered gatehouse with broad central arched entrance forms the main southern approach. To the north of the courtyard a rectangular four-storey Tudor range with large mullioned windows rises above the curtain; a smaller round tower (St Margaret's Tower) projects from the curtain at one end. Roofs over ranges would be pitched and covered in slate; at the castle's prime all walls, roofs and windows were complete.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1688.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Berry Pomeroy Castle — including 3 interiors: gatehouse upper chamber (wall painting), north range dining room, dungeons and lower chambers. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Berry Pomeroy Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1688 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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