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| HER Number: | MDV118363 |
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| Name: | The Fox and Hounds Hotel, Bridestowe |
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Summary
This building dates to the turn of the century and uses part of the old inn building adjacent as a pool room. Mural of a fox hunt in the bar was painted by a German prisoner of war held at the nearby army camp towards the end of the Second World War.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 525 866 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bridestowe |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIDESTOWE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOTEL (Constructed, XX - 1905 AD to 1950 AD (Between))
Full description
Quick, T., 1992, Dartmoor Inns, 47-8 (Monograph). SDV359976.
The hotel dates to the turn of the century and uses one room of the 18th century inn building next door (now private accommodation) as a pool room. On the side of the bar is a large mural depicting a fox hunt, painted by Willie Brandt, a German prisoner of war held at the nearby prison camp towards the end of the Second World War.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
The modern mapping shows the extended hotel, to the south of the older inn building.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #77644 ] |
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| SDV359976 | Monograph: Quick, T.. 1992. Dartmoor Inns. Dartmoor Inns. Paperback Volume. 47-8. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV118362 | Related to: The Fox and Hounds Inn, Bridestowe (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 19 2017 12:26PM |
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