Berry Pomeroy Castle Berry Pomeroy Castle occupies a spur of land falling considerably towards the Gatcombe Valley, three miles northeast of Tornes. The ruins of the late medieval castle are juxtaposed with individuals of the great Tudor mansion. The Pomeroys settled here right after the Norman Conquest however their castle dates only in the fifteenth century. It's most likely the job of Henry Pomeroy who held the manor from 1446 to 1487. The brand new protection were doubtless an answer towards the menace of French raids, the castle being only a couple of miles inland from Torbay. Only one for reds remains from the castle protection, composed of the gatehouse, the D-formed Margaret's Tower and the size of curtain together. Enough survives to exhibit this wasn't any regular quadrangle. The gatehouse has tall flanking towers with pointed fronts along with a lengthy machicolation together. An arcade, the narrower part getting offered because the chapel, divides the chamber within the gate passage. An excellent fresco here showing the Adoration from the Magi shows Flemish influence, and it is discovery brought towards the re-roofing from the gatehouse throughout the restoration from the eighties. An earth rampart as reinforcement against artillery backs the curtain, and also the walls are liberally provided with gun ports. The large residential block around the east side from the courtyard includes the Pomeroys' hall and photo voltaic, however it was changed within the large-scale repairing from the following century. In 1547, Mister Thomas Pomeroy offered the castle to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and The almighty Protector. In addition to transforming the eastern block, which survives like a well-maintained spend, he started an ambitious Renaissance mansion centered upon an enormous new hall range around the far side from the courtyard, looking over the valley. Regrettably, it's too fragmentary to become readily appreciated. Somerset was performed in 1552 and the boy completed the job on the reduced scale.