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Summary

Shiphay manor, shiphay collaton, torquay. Vis=18/11/1952 (os). Nineteenth century building in use as private hotel (os). First documentary reference to manor house is in 1540. No indication of exact site of this early house but it was probably close to medieval barn which still survives near existing house, which is now a hotel. Existing house bears datestone of 1884, the year it was built by w. H. Kitson as his residence. It replaced an older house which dated from before 1742 and the sandstone of the present structure is perhaps reused material.(walker 1965). Plate shows part of seventeenth century building which was demolished in 1880's to make way for present house.(walker 1966). When shiphay house was demolished in 1880's, a cannonball was found embedded in the mortar.(kitson). Vis=25/4/1980 (timms). Shiphay manor is now an educational/teacher's centre for the nearby school. Brief inspection suggests that all outbuildings are no earlier than nineteenth century with the exception of the medieval barn.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NE/23

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MANOR HOUSE (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Shiphay manor, shiphay collaton, torquay. Vis=18/11/1952 (os). Nineteenth century building in use as private hotel (os). First documentary reference to manor house is in 1540. No indication of exact site of this early house but it was probably close to medieval barn which still survives near existing house, which is now a hotel. Existing house bears datestone of 1884, the year it was built by w. H. Kitson as his residence. It replaced an older house which dated from before 1742 and the sandstone of the present structure is perhaps reused material.(walker 1965). Plate shows part of seventeenth century building which was demolished in 1880's to make way for present house.(walker 1966). When shiphay house was demolished in 1880's, a cannonball was found embedded in the mortar.(kitson). Vis=25/4/1980 (timms). Shiphay manor is now an educational/teacher's centre for the nearby school. Brief inspection suggests that all outbuildings are no earlier than nineteenth century with the exception of the medieval barn.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317637.

Walker, h. H. /tda/97(1965)208/some medieval demesne boundaries in torquay.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317638.

Walker, h. H. /tda/98(1966)356-60 pl.27/the later growth of shiphay collaton, torquay.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317639.

Kitson, w. H. /dcnq/2 part 1(1902-1903)224/relics of the civil war.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317640.

Des=timms, s. /as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317641.

Osa=sx86ne27/photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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