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HER Number:MDV57363
Name:Curworthy Manor House, Inwardleigh

Summary

Curworthy is marked on historic mapping as being on the site of a Manor House. Two plaster ceilings in the present house date the core of the building to the 16th century, although the house it seems has been extensively refashioned.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 559 979
Map Sheet:SX59NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishInwardleigh
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishINWARDLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX59NE5
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59NE/43/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • MANOR HOUSE (Unknown date)

Full description

NMR, SX59NE5 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV339785.

Two Tudor plaster ceilings in the east of the house date the core of the building to the 16th century (citing OS).


Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Curworthy on site of Manorhouse' marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map.


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, Untitled Source (Site Visit). SDV339784.

The farmhouse is not of special architectural interest and has been extensively refashioned.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV339784Site Visit: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1974. Unknown.
SDV339785National Monuments Record Database: NMR. SX59NE5. NMR Index. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

MDV16806Related to: Curworthy Farm, Inwardleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 22 2007 9:46AM