Powderham Castle, Exminster. Devon
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, within the former hundred of Exminster, Devon, about 6 miles south of the city of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. It is a Grade I listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It is situated on flat, formerly marshy ground on the west bank of the River Exe estuary where it is joined by its tributary the River Kenn. On the opposite side of the Exe is the small village of Lympstone. The castle was expanded and altered extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries, most notably by James Wyatt in the 1790s. The castle remains the seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon.
Family day out at Powderham Castle, near Exeter
Exploring Powderham Castle, near Exeter - the historic home of the Earls of Devon (and still the family home of the Courtenay family today), there's almost too much to pack in to one day with a deer park safari, pets corner, play area, several nature trails and the castle itself to see. There are no photos or video allowed in the castle itself, but take my word for it, it's worth going in! Full review on More details about tickets and entry at powderham.co.uk/
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Castle Drogo Devon The Last Castle To Be Built In England.
Castle Drogo is a country house and castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England. The client was Julius Drewe, the hugely successful founder of the Home and Colonial Stores. Drewe chose the site in the belief that it formed part of the lands of his supposed medieval ancestor, Drogo de Teigne. The architect he chose to realise his dream was Edwin Lutyens, then at the height of his career. Lutyens lamented Drewe's determination to have a castle but nevertheless produced one of his finest buildings. The architectural critic, Christopher Hussey, described the result: The ultimate justification of Drogo is that it does not pretend to be a castle. It is a castle, as a castle is built, of granite, on a mountain, in the twentieth century.
The castle was given to the National Trust in 1974, the first building constructed in the twentieth century that the Trust acquired. Currently undergoing conservation (2013–2018), the castle is a Grade I listed building. The gardens are Grade II listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
In 1910 Julius Drewe bought about 450 acres (1.8km2) south and west of the village of Drewsteignton in the belief that he was descended from the Drewe family that once lived here. Born Drew, the son of George Smith Drew and his wife Mary, née Peek, both from substantial families of grocers, Drewe added the e to his surname later in life. By the time of his death in 1931 he had bought up an estate of 1,500 acres. Around 1910 he asked Edwin Lutyens to build him a castle. According to his son Basil, he did so on the advice of Edward Hudson, proprietor of Country Life magazine, who was both a patron and a champion of Lutyens. Drewe was now 54 years old, but he still had time, energy and money to create his new family seat. The budget was £50,000 for the castle, and a further £10,000 for the garden. Lutyens wrote privately of his concern over Drewe's ambitions; I do wish he didn't want a castle but just a delicious loveable house with plenty of good large rooms in it. On 4 April 1911, Drewe's 55th birthday, the first foundation stone was laid.
After Julius's death, his wife Frances and her son Basil continued to live at the castle. During 1939–45, Frances and her daughter Mary ran the house as a home for babies made homeless during the bombings of London. Frances Drewe died in 1954 and Basil was then joined at Drogo by his son Anthony and his wife. In 1974, Anthony and his son, Dr Christopher Drewe, gave Castle Drogo and 600 acres (2.4km2) of the surrounding land to the National Trust. It was the first 20th-century property the charity acquired. The writer and National Trust administrator James Lees-Milne recorded his impressions of the house and its owners in a diary entry dated 9 September 1976; Reached Castle Drogo ... at eleven. Very satisfactory house of clean-cut granite. A new family aspiring to, rather arriving at, landed gentry-hood and now the representative living upstairs in a tiny flat, all within my lifetime.
The castle has been undergoing an extensive, five-year, restoration. A new visitor centre with shop and café opened in the summer of 2009, after English Heritage required that industrial kitchen equipment such as that used by the previous café within the house, be removed from Grade I listed buildings. In February 2011, the National Trust launched a public appeal for money to fund necessary restoration work.
The castle has a formal garden, designed by Lutyens with planting by George Dillistone, which contrasts with its setting on the edge of Dartmoor. In 1915, Lutyens brought in Gertrude Jekyll to assist with the planning. Jekyll's involvement appears to have been limited to designing the planting for the approach to the castle along the drive. The garden is noted for its rhododendrons and magnolias, herbaceous borders, rose garden, shrub garden and circular grass tennis court now used for croquet. The gardens are Grade II listed.
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Powderham Castle - Historic Family Home of the Earl of Devon
Powderham Castle is located in a unique, picturesque setting just outside Exeter, beside the Exe estuary. Six hundred years of history are contained within the walls of one of England's oldest family homes. Sir Philip Courtenay began building it in 1391 and it has remained in the same family to this day, currently home to the 18th Earl & Countess of Devon. The magical setting and convenient location makes it the perfect venue for all manner of events including wedding receptions and business functions. For locals and visitors to Devon it is a 'must see' and with its many attractions - a wonderful family day out!
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Exeter Castle, Exeter, Devon, England.
Rougemont Castle also known as Exeter Castle,
Rougemont Castle, the ancient Bardic Seat of Exeter, is home to a remembrance plaque to the witches.Now one of Devon's most spectacular wedding venues situated in the heart of Exeter City Centre.This site used to be a prison; the last execution was of three witches, hanged in the 1680s. Some of those executed here are said to be restless in the afterlife and have been reported to disturb guests’ hospitality here.
For more than 100 years Exeter was England's epicentre for witchcraft with county's first and last apparent witch hangings taking place in the city.
Recent studies have found Exeter was not only the last place in England where people were hanged for practising the 'dark arts', but they were just the last in a series of executions which may have begun as early as 1566.
Many of these individuals were believed to possess 'familiar spirits' or demons in the shape of small animals, like rats and toads, which unleashed their evil powers to waste both livestock and humans on the witches' behalf.Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles, the so-called Bideford witches, were hanged in August 1682 at Exeter Prison.
Records show Lloyd was accused of 'having discourse or familiarity' with the devil and 'having used some magical art, sorcery or witchcraft'.
Edwards and Trembles, who both lived with her, were also arrested before all three were executed.Historians say the women were convicted on hearsay evidence, which included one of them being accused of turning into a magpie.
Lloyd was arrested first after she was accused of communicating with the devil and using witchcraft to cause a woman to fall ill.
Local constables in Bideford then held Trembles and Edwards – who lived with Lloyd and begged for food with her.
The three women were hanged a month later.
Two local women, Maud Park and Alice Mead, appeared before the city court in 1566 and were charged with causing death and physical injury through the exercise of 'magic art'.
Park and Mead were both found guilty, and Professor Stoyle said it likely they were given a death sentence making them among the first people in England to be executed for witchcraft following the passage of the statute.
In another case from 1585, Exeter woman Thomasine Shorte was convicted of killing an entire family of a weaver using the 'black arts' and was executed at the city gallows.
In 1602 widow Mary Stone was accused of killing chickens, infesting a household with lice and killing a man by bewitching him, causing him to fall from a field stile.She was also alleged to have commanded a familiar, in the shape of a rat, to spy on a woman and 'do her harm'.
It's believed Stone somehow escaped a death sentence and continued to live among her suspicious neighbours.
At Exeter Castle, once a jail and the court for the 17th-century “Hanging” Judge George Jeffreys’ Bloody Assizes,a paranormal investigater Ghai had an experience that made him jump out of his skin. He was in the public lavatories, which had been a “suicide cell” for prisoners awaiting trial, when he heard a woman’s curdling scream.
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Exeter BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend at Powderham Castle
Sunday 29-05-16 of the Radio 1 Big Weekend
The Last Shadow Puppets - Powderham Castle, Exeter, ENG 29.05.16 (Concert) (HD)
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The Last Shadow Puppets performing live at Powderham Castle in Exeter, England on the 29th of May 2016.
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01. Bad habits
02. The age of the understatement
03. Sweet dreams
04. Aviation
05. Dracula teeth
06. Standing next to me
07. Miracle aligner
08. In my room
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Powderham Castle, Kenton, Devon - Dji Mavic Pro drone - Skydronauts
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, near Kenton and Exminster, Devon, about 6 miles south of Exeter
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My trip to Powderham Castle (ปราสาท Powderham), England (ประเทศอังกฤษ), United Kingdom (สหราชอาณาจักร) in 1996
Best Attractions and Places to See in Exeter , United Kingdom UK
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Exeter Guildhall
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum
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Topsham Museum
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Crealy Adventure Park & Resort
Powderham Castle Classic Car Show Exeter Devon 2017
Sunday 9th July visited a local car show in Devon, Powderham Castle 44th Classic car show. The sun was shining lots of lovely cars to look at..........and what did i do................forgot my camera gear!! typical, so sorry this was recorded on my phone but still the show must go on lol and boy were there some nice cars, some really nice cars...... dont forget to Like, Share and Subscribe to my Channel Enjoy Langers ;)
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Starcross & Powderham, Devon, UK
A bit of a windy flight with the DJI Mavic Pro near Starcross & Powderham, Devon, UK.
Cliff Richard at Powderham Castle, Exeter 16/6/13
Noel Gallagher - Don’t Look Back In Anger. Live in Exeter 30/06/19
Noel's first performance in Exeter since 1997. Recorded 30th June 2019 at Powderham Castle. Gem Archer on guitar.
Lawson - Olly Murs concert Exeter Powderham Castle 7th July 2013
Powderham Food Festival 2018 ~ Devon UK
Food festival at Powderham Castle near Exeter, Devon.
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Powderham Castle near Kenton, Devon, England
Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Powderham Castle Devon
EXETER Devon UK
Exeter City, Devon - UK
The beautiful city is situated in the southwest of England.
Top Tourist Attractions in Exeter - Travel Guide England
Top Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Exeter - Travel Guide England:
Exeter Cathedral, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter Quay, Powderham Castle, Devon's Crealy Great Adventure, Killerton House, Haldon Forest Park, Underground Passages, Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, Topsham Museum, Exeter Guildhall, Haldon Belvedere