What is recorded here

Mortar crumbled and reformed across centuries while people climbed the entrance turret and watched the sea. The castle survived because it kept changing, taking new windows and doors whenever the old ones failed. Strength and adaptability built the structure more than stone alone.

Attached three-bay three-storey rubble stone medieval tower house, c.1400, with base batter and crenellated parapet. Single-bay five-storey crenellated entrance turret on a square plan to centre. Renovated c.1825. Renovated and refenestrated c.1910.ROOF: Crow-stepped crenellated parapet and chimney. WALLS: Random rubble stone, with some render c.1825. OPENINGS: Square headed window openings with limestone chamfered architraves and replacement fixed timber windows c.1910. Mullioned window, c.1825, to south elevation. Lancet openings to top floor of entrance turret, with replacement diamond leaded windows, c.1910, to lower floors. Limestone doorcase with replacement timber panelled door, c.1910, to entrance turret.

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