Godolphin House
Has been described as a Questionable Masonry Castle, and also as a Questionable Fortified Manor House
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Godolphin House |
| Alternative Names | Godolphin Hall; Cairdine Castle; Godolgan |
| Historic Country | Cornwall |
| Modern Authority | Cornwall |
| 1974 Authority | Cornwall |
| Civil Parish | Breage |
Country house, built as a courtyard house in the late C15 and extended considerably in C16. It was further extended in the mid C17 and has some C18 alterations. The house was reduced in size and converted into a farmhouse. Apart from C20 renovations it has been little altered since the early C19. Adjoining the house are C17 or possibly late C16 cobbled pavements and stabling including a fodder store. The forecourt walls and mounting block are C17. (PastScape)
The house was much reduced to open the house up from a courtyard house and this has destroyed some towers and some other elements of the earlier house have been refaced. 'The return and back walls within the colonnade are probably a C16 refacing of earlier semi-defensive work.' (Listed Building Report).
The present house was preceded by a small castle, built around 1300 by Sir Alexander Godolghan. The wall that surrounded the castle enclosed a space of four and a half acres, divided into nine equal plots. The castle itself occupied the central square, leaving the eight others as garden. (Aslet)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | SW601318 |
| Latitude | 50.1380386352539 |
| Longitude | -5.35842990875244 |
| Eastings | 160100 |
| Northings | 31840 |
