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HER Number:MDV65162
Name:Gunns Tenement, Rewe

Summary

Site of Gunn's Tenement which is marked on a 1756 estate map of Killerton.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 955 993
Map Sheet:SX99NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishRewe
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishREWE

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NE/195

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HOUSE (Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

National Trust, 2000, Killerton Estate Archaeological Survey. Part 4. The Farms: Ashclyst - Elbury, 107408/17 (Report - Survey). SDV337022.

Site of Gunn's Tenement' shown on an estate map of Killerton of 1756. Recorded as a house, orchard and garden covering 91 acres mostly to the northeast on the opposite side of the road. The house seems to have been along the hollow way near the river which is now a drain. The site of a dried up pond is visible against the road hedge.


Collings, A. G., 2017, Some Problems with Fulchere's Devon Manors (Article in Serial). SDV360800.

Collings suggests that this was the site of the mansion house referred to in the will of David Gunn dated 1698.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337022Report - Survey: National Trust. 2000. Killerton Estate Archaeological Survey. Part 4. The Farms: Ashclyst - Elbury. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 107408/17. [Mapped feature: #42093 ]
SDV360800Article in Serial: Collings, A. G.. 2017. Some Problems with Fulchere's Devon Manors. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. XLII part 2. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 25 2018 11:34AM