Most of the site is in ruins, but there is a thatched gatehouse used for holiday rental by the Landmark Trust.

[2] The castle was a motte-and-bailey design with a 60 metre wide, two metre tall motte and two bailey enclosures, surrounded by a water-filled moat, fed from the nearby Stogursey Brook.

[3] The castle was controlled by King John of England during the First Barons' War, and was ordered to be destroyed in 1215, but survived; John's lieutenant Falkes de Bréauté took control of the castle, and after his death a second order to destroy the property was given in 1228, again apparently ignored.

[1] The castle was extended in stone in 1300 by the Fitzpayne family, and was destroyed in the 1450s by the Yorkist faction during the War of the Roses,[1] though the Victoria County History notes that "there is no evidence, either documentary or archaeological, to support the claim for its destruction in 1457".

[5] Storgursey Castle is a scheduled monument and its gatehouse is a Grade II* listed building,[6] restored by the Landmark Trust between 1981 and 1982 for use as a holiday let.