Affeton Castle

Affeton Castle and its surrounding estate lie above the wooded valley of the Little Dart, a tributary of the River Taw.  Affeton Castle’s significance lies in the fact it is the only significant late med­ieval secular residence still left in this part of Devon.

Originally built  in the fifteenth-century, Affeton Castle was once the gatehouse of a medieval fortified house. The house itself has sadly been lost in the intervening centuries. 

Affeton Castle was sacked three times during the Civil War, and the remaining two-storey gatehouse was described in 1859 as a ruin^*. Fortunately it was saved and substantially rebuilt in the 19th century to serve as a shooting lodge and now a family home.

Affeton Castle is a Grade II* listed building: for more details of the architectural history see entry on Historic England Website.

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