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| HER Number: | MDV114018 |
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| Name: | Creaber Cottage, Gidleigh |
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Summary
Built in the 1920s as a family holiday home by Agnes Packard. Her granddaughter Morwenna Ward married the sculptor John Skeaping, a brilliant British sculptor who came to the fore in the 1920s, and they lived at Creaber Cottage between 1934-1940, when John left to join the army.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 663 879 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (XX - 1920 AD to 1929 AD (Between))
Full description
Grumley-Grennan, T. + Hardy, M., 2000, Gidleigh. A Dartmoor Village Past and Present, 75-6 (Monograph). SDV359347.
Built in the 1920s as a family holiday home by Agnes Packard. Her granddaughter Morwenna Ward married the sculptor John Skeaping, a brilliant British sculptor who came to the fore in the 1920s, and they lived at Creaber Cottage between 1934-1940, when John left to join the army.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #73368 ] |
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| SDV359347 | Monograph: Grumley-Grennan, T. + Hardy, M.. 2000. Gidleigh. A Dartmoor Village Past and Present. Gidleigh. A Dartmoor Village Past and Present. Hardback Volume. 75-6. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV17740 | Related to: Creaber Pound, Gidleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 22 2015 3:47PM |
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