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Summary

17th century house destroyed by fire in 1963. The site is now a housing development.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000357: LINDRIDGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NE/28
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MANSION HOUSE (Built, XVII - 1601 AD to 1700 AD (Between))

Full description

Cherry, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV109648.

Described by polwhele and recorded in early photographs (cherry).

BENNETT, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV155910.

The history of lindridge around the time of the dissolution and after is described (benthall).

FRENCH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25481.

Period three ceiling in the ballroom, c.1673. Another in the dining-room dated 1690. Central amorini are featured (french).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308721.

Lindridge house.

CLELAND, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308725.

John, not henry, line who bought lindridge. History of ownership and list of the lords of the manor of lindridge, which was a sub-manor of bishopsteignton. From 1050 to 1549 it was held by the bishops of exeter (cleland).

SEE DOE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308728.

Listed grade ii* before its destruction by fire (see doe).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308731.

French, k. + c. /tda/89(1957)133/devonshire plasterwork.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308732.

Watkin, h. R. /dcnq/13(1924-1925)329/templer family.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308733.

Cleland, w. D. /dcnq/13(1924-1925)357-358/templer family.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308734.

Doe/hhr:newton abbot rd/(1952)13.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308735.

Anon/country life/84( )356,378.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308736.

Benthall, e. C. /dcnq/26(1954-1955)108-176/bishopsteignton in the 16th century.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308737.

Osa=sx87ne26.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308738.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england:devon/(1989)185.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308739.

Cherry, b. /pdas/44(1988)104/the devon country house in the late seventeenth and early eaghteenth centuries.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308740.

Hussey, c. /country life/(8/10/1938)356-60;(15/10/1938)378-82/lindridge.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308741.

Des=os 6"(1933/1938)110nw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV308742.

Des=hhr:register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in england(devon)/(august 2003).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV326560.

Vis=estimated 1951 (mhlg) 17th century seat of martyns, later of lears. Square building, hipped slate roof. Red brick built. Detailed description in doe list. Formal garden in front of house (doe).

WATKIN, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV54436.

Henry line bought the manor of lindridge from the barings in 1765 (watkin).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV5600.

Garden listed grade ii (hhr).

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

Lindridge House marked. Large house with associated buildings and formal gardens to the north, surrounded by parkland.

Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon (Monograph). SDV325629.

A notable large mansion, gutted by fire in 1963. The wings had been demolished in the c18. The centre, with fine ballroom with 1673 ceiling and other work of this date, was refaced in brick and given a queen anne appearance in 1916 (cherry + pevsner).

Meller, H., 2011, Down and Out, Some Lost and Forgotten Devon Country Houses, 16 (Article in Serial). SDV347477.

Destroyed by fire in the 1960s.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

The site is now a housing development.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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