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| HER Number: | MDV71136 |
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| Name: | Burrough House, Northam |
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Summary
A large 19th century house with adjacent farm buildings on the site of an earlier mansion. The house was divided into two properties in the late 19th/early 20th century. The associated farm buildings look to have been converted.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 451 288 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Northam |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Recorded as House, Buildings and Court on the Northam Tithe Apportionment (Plot 361). To the east is a garden (Plot 365), farm buildings (part of Barn Close, Plot 368) and cockpit (Plot 364).
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
House depicted forming the north, south and west sides of an enclosed courtyard, with an adjoining building making up the east side. To the east is a T-shaped range of farm buildings.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Large house with associated buildings, marked as 'Burrough On Site of a Mansion'. Comparison with the Tithe Map shows
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Shown as two properties.
F. Frith & Co. Ltd, 1970-1980?, Burrough House, Northam (Ground Photograph). SDV364990.
Postcard of the exterior of the house.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SS42NE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV19545.
The mid-Victorian house contains no material of the 16th century house. The Tithe Map shows a large L-plan house on site with a nearby building described as a cockpit.
Fletcher, P., 1977, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV19547.
Letter summarises other documentary references to the Burrough family and describes current structures.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
The farm buildings look to have been converted.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV19545 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SS42NE6. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV19547 | Correspondence: Fletcher, P.. 1977. Letter + Digital. |
| 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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| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #99621 ] |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV364990 | Ground Photograph: F. Frith & Co. Ltd. 1970-1980?. Burrough House, Northam. Elton Series. Photograph (Paper) + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV484 | Related to: Northam, Burrough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 31 2022 5:36PM |
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