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HER Number:MDV20721
Name:The 'New Warren House', Headland Warren

Summary

The warren house was destroyed by fire c.1845. It has been levelled to the foundations, probably to provide stone for the nearby Warren House Inn. A well constructed house of mortared stone, probably of three downstairs rooms, with outshot kitchen. Of no great age. Probably had a wood floor. Within enclosures below the Princetown-Moretonhampstead road. Appears on Donne's map of devon 1765 called New House.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 672 806
Map Sheet:SX68SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/192
  • Pastscape: 919884

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WARRENERS LODGE (XVIII to XIX - 1750 AD to 1845 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV274111.

Des=haynes, r. G. /ruined sites on dartmoor/(nd)92 plan/ms in smr. New warren house. Vis=20/5/1967 (haynes). The old warren house destroyed by fire c.1845. It has been levelled to the foundations, probably to provide stone for the nearby warren house inn. A well constructed house of mortared stone, probably of three downstairs rooms, with outshot kitchen. Of no great age. Probably had a wood floor. Within enclosures below princetown-moretonhampstead road. Appears on donne's map of devon 1765 called new house.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV274112.

Aph=nmr sf1508/992.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible and recorded.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV274111Migrated Record:
SDV274112Aerial Photograph:
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.

Associated Monuments

MDV6549Related to: Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument)
MDV54589Related to: Leat north of the Birch Tor Mine Leat, Statts Bridge (Monument)
MDV27767Related to: Wall running from the Warren House Inn to Soussons (Monument)
MDV18822Related to: Warren House Inn, Postbridge (Building)
MDV54611Related to: West Cottages, Headland Warren (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 12:11PM