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Summary

Large 18th century Beardown farmhouse described in 1910 as having 5 living rooms and 8 bedrooms.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW133
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 873438
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/157

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMHOUSE (Built, XVII to XVIII - 1700 AD (Between) to 1799 AD (Between))

Full description

Swete, R. J. (Revd), 1792-1801, 564M 'Picturesque Sketches of Devon' by Reverend John Swete, 564M/F14/19 (Record Office Collection). SDV337942.

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

'Beardown' shown as an L-shaped building on 19th century Tithe Map.

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

'Beardown' shown on 19th century map as an irregular shaped building.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(07/04/1989) SX 60447544 Beardown farmhouse. Beardown Farm and lodge were built at the end of the eighteenth century. William Bickk was farming at Beardown in 1910 when the great survey was made for the valuation office. The property was described as a 'Moorland Farm 2 miles from Princetown....its buildings in fair repair and the house stone built with a good slate roof, five living rooms, a scullery, wash house, dairy, eight bedrooms, bath, WC etc'.
By 1926 the house was sufficiently imposing to have been selected as the residence of George Gregory, who was then the bailiff in charge of the Duchy of Cornwalls property (History of Dartmoor Tenements, Typescript, 1988, B Jones).
A substantial farmhouse, largely as described by Jones (1988).

Jones, B., 1988, The Ancient Tenements of the Forest of Dartmoor (Report - Survey). SDV229386.

Swete, J. (ed. Gray T. + Rowe, M.), 2000, Travels in Georgian Devon. The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete. Vol. 4, 48, 49 (Monograph). SDV339713.

In the late 18th century Beardown Farm was owned by Mr. Bray, steward to the Duke of Bedford. Swete's illustration of the farm shows it to be sited in a rather exposed location.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

'Beardown Farm' shown on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8643 - Beardown Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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