Bickleigh Castle
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Bickleigh Castle is a fortified manor house that stands on the banks of the River Exe in Devon, United Kingdom.
Once considerably larger, Bickleigh now comprises a group of buildings from various periods - the most notable being the fourteenth century gatehouse, early Norman period chapel and seventeenth century cob and thatch farmhouse.
The bulk of the castellated structure was demolished during the English Civil War by Parliamentarian troops commanded by Thomas Fairfax. The 'slighting' of Bickleigh was a response to the Royalist sympathies of its owners, the Carew family, and its use as a stronghold during the conflict.
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