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Summary

A large house depicted on 19th century mapping.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Beara is shown as a broadly rectangular house with an adjoining building off the north side. It is set within a irregular shaped yard with additional ranges of buildings along the west side and in the north-east corner. Recorded as House, Buildings and Yard (Plot 582) on the Black Torrington Tithe Apportionment. To the south is a rectangular garden (Plot 581). Other field names record that it was largely surrounded by orchards.

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

Marked as Beara. Comparison with the Tithe Map suggests that the house has been extended.

Historic England, 2025, Beara Court, Road from Narracott Cross to Beara Cross, Highampton, Devon, EX21 5JJ (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV366398.

Notification of an application to add Bear Court to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

Beara Court is shown as a large house within its own wooded grounds with ponds and a tennis court.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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