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| HER Number: | MDV29937 |
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| Name: | Spitchwick House, Widecombe |
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Summary
Houses, courts etc field no 1867 (tithe map). Vis=3/7/1979 (dcra). Spitchwick manor situated on the site of an old manor farmhouse which was enlarged and refurbished by dr blackall, the mayor of exeter in 1870. The garden was also landscaped. The front of the house has 4 gabled windows, a glass verandah and a logier. The landscaped drive was lined with exotic conifers (dcra). Vis=house built here by the first lord ashburton in the 18th century. Current house is later 19th century (cherry + pevsner). Vis=dr blackall was not major of exeter at this date but did rebuild the house (simpson).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 708 725 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/26/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XIX - 1850 AD to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
Simpson, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18634.
Houses, courts etc field no 1867 (tithe map). Vis=3/7/1979 (dcra). Spitchwick manor situated on the site of an old manor farmhouse which was enlarged and refurbished by dr blackall, the mayor of exeter in 1870. The garden was also landscaped. The front of the house has 4 gabled windows, a glass verandah and a logier. The landscaped drive was lined with exotic conifers (dcra). Vis=house built here by the first lord ashburton in the 18th century. Current house is later 19th century (cherry + pevsner). Vis=dr blackall was not major of exeter at this date but did rebuild the house (simpson).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313280.
Des=tithe map(1843).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313281.
Dcra widecombe survey(1979)vol iii 471.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313282.
Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /devon/(1989) 908.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313283.
Des=simpson, s. J. V. /(11/1/1994)/as above.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV18634 | Migrated Record: Simpson. |
| SDV313280 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV313281 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV313282 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV313283 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV29942 | Related to: BUILDING in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Building) |
| MDV29940 | Related to: Higher Lodge, Spitchwick, Widecombe (Building) |
| MDV7999 | Related to: Site of a chapel at Spitchwick (Building) |
| MDV113120 | Related to: Spitchwick Farmstead, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
| MDV54852 | Related to: Spitchwick Manor gardens (Park/Garden) |
| MDV15726 | Related to: Spitchwick Settlement, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2015 1:14PM |
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