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| HER Number: | MDV108704 |
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| Name: | Fowelscombe |
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Summary
Ruins of a large country house in formerly landscaped grounds, built in 1537 for Sir Thomas Fowel. There are the remains of terraced gardens behind the house.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 692 550 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PARK (XVI to XIX - 1501 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Full extent of parkland not clear. Map object based on this source.
Devon Gardens Trust, 1999, Devon Local Register, 53 (Un-published). SDV170167.
Clark, J., 2013, Fowelscombe (ruin) (Un-published). SDV357547.
Ruins of a large country house in formerly landscaped grounds. Built in 1537 for Sir Thomas Fowel. The family sold it in the mid-eighteenth century. It was added to in about 1800 and deserted in the middle of the nineteenth century. Stockdale described it as ‘a very interesting Gothic mansion and the surrounding demesne is highly romantic.’ The sale particulars of 1919 noted that it was ‘The once Grand Old Castellated Mansion of Fowelscombe (now out of repair) with its stabling, pleasure grounds, walled garden and 2 entrance lodges’. There are the remains of terraced gardens behind the house.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Map object based on this source.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV170167 | Un-published: Devon Gardens Trust. 1999. Devon Local Register. Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. A4 Stapled + Digital. 53. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV357547 | Un-published: Clark, J.. 2013. Fowelscombe (ruin). Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV2945 | Parent of: Fowelscombe Gate Lodge (Monument) |
| MDV38043 | Parent of: Gate Piers, Fowelscombe House (Building) |
| MDV2935 | Related to: Fowelscombe House (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 19 2021 1:19PM |
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