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| HER Number: | MDV42276 |
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| Name: | Mardon House, Moretonhampstead |
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Summary
Mardon house built as a rectory by Lord Hambledon in 1902 replacing a former rectory on the same site
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 757 862 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Moretonhampstead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NE/318
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XIX to XXI - 1900 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Rectory' shown on 19th century map as a group of buildings and garden plots mainly to the south and east of the later rectory.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Rectory' shown on early 20th century map as an irregualr shaped building with a rectangular earthwork to the south and a farmstead to the south-east.
Simkins, M. A. + Simkins, R. J. J., 1991, Lord Hambledon and Moretonhampstead, 174-5 (Article in Serial). SDV347370.
Mardon house. Built as a rectory in 1902, on or near the site of its dilapidated predecessor. A modern interpretation of a Tudor country house. Random granite cavity walls with a brickwork inner skin; dressed granite mullions and door/window surrounds; rusticated quoin blocks. Yellow South Devon roof slates. Stables and outbuildings of granite with red brickwork and slated roofs. Four servants' bedrooms on attic floor, two nurseries, 18 fireplaces, back and front stairs. Adjoining parish room is now a garage. Ceased to be a rectory and became a private house in 1933.
Gillespie Yunnie Architects, 2013, Ellacombe Farm: Historic Building Record (Report - Survey). SDV352020.
Lord Hambledon built Mardon House in 1902 as a rectory on the same site as the former rectory.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
'Mardon' shown on modern mapping as an irregular shaped building to the south of Shute Lane to the north-east of Moretonhamstead.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV347370 | Article in Serial: Simkins, M. A. + Simkins, R. J. J.. 1991. Lord Hambledon and Moretonhampstead. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 123. Unknown. 174-5. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #91378 ] |
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| SDV352020 | Report - Survey: Gillespie Yunnie Architects. 2013. Ellacombe Farm: Historic Building Record. Gillespie Yunnie Architects. A4 Spiral Bound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV77073 | Part of: Mardon farmstead, Moretonhampstead (Monument) |
| MDV77048 | Related to: Ellacombe Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV80152 | Related to: Jubilee Cottages, Station Road, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
| MDV42275 | Related to: Moretonhampstead Cottage Hospital (Building) |
| MDV104818 | Related to: Rectory, Moretonhampstead (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 3 2013 2:31PM |
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