It’s a pleasure to welcome you to Powderham, our magical family home at the heart of Devon.
The Castle is a remarkable place, with centuries of stories that we are excited to share with our community and guests from near and far.
Please take time to look over our website; we hope at some point you can visit in person.
We much appreciate your interest and support, as we begin a new chapter in Powderham’s long and varied history.
The Grounds will be closed from 5th June whilst we undertake some exciting building works. We hope to re-open fully from Sunday 25th July.
Powderham Castle Kenton, Exeter EX6 8JQ
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Countryside Mobility Located on the banks of the River Exe, Powderham Castle is one of the oldest family homes in Devon with over 600 years to discover. Its extensive Estate provides a beautiful opportunity to enjoy nature - from formal gardens to woodlands, estuary walks to panoramic views.
Tramper routes at Powderham enable you to enjoy the wide variety of natural attractions offered by the Estate. One route heads west from the Castle providing access to the Walled Garden, American Garden, woodland and up to the Belvedere Tower, while a longer route passes through the famous Deer Park, skirts the Exe Estuary to Powderham Church.
Tramper hire is available from the Welcome Hut.
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Historic England Fortified manor house, the seat of the Courtenays, Earls of Devon, since the C14. Medieval core with a sequence of C18 alterations, principally of the 1750s and 1760s, music room addition of 1794-6 by James Wyatt for the third Viscount. In the late 183cs Charles Fowler was employed at the beginning of a C19 programme of alterations which continued into the 1860s. Fowler designed the Gothic dining room addition and effectively turned the castle round - it had formerly faced east - by transforming the old service yard to the west into a forecourt with a gatehouse. Grey limestone rubble with some fragments of red sandstone ; embattled parapets.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097666
Wikipedia 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 (9.7 km) south of the city of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located.[2] It is a Grade I listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[3]
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderham_Castle
