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HER Number:MDV77044
Name:Sanders Farmstead, Lettaford

Summary

Lettaford appears to have originated circa 1450-1550 with three longhouses, each with its own yard(s) and ranges of farm buildings. Higher Lettaford is the southern of these three steadings with Southmeads to the north and Sanders to the north-east.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 701 840
Map Sheet:SX78SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishNorth Bovey
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishNORTH BOVEY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FARMSTEAD (Founded, XV to XVI - 1401 AD to 1600 AD)

Full description

Child, P., 2003, Historic Farm Buildings Group: Annual Conference Devon 19-21 September 2003, 6 (Report - non-specific). SDV351745.

Immediately behind the house is a small barn while attached to the north-west corner of the house is a two bay linhay with granite posts and a lofted calves house. The ruins to the north of these are a of a stable and pigsties. At the time of a valuation survey in 1910-15 the farmstead also had a further group of buildings to the north which are now converted.

Humphreys, C., 2003-2005, Dartmoor National Park Authority Historic Farmstead Survey 2003-2005 (Report - Survey). SDV344545.

Farmstead included in survey. Visited on 25/08/2005.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants, 2014, Higher Lettaford, North Bovey, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV356882.

Lettaford appears to have originated circa 1450-1550 with three longhouses, each with its own yard(s) and ranges of farm buildings. Higher Lettaford is the southern of these three steadings with Southmeads to the north and Sanders to the north-east.

Valuation Office, c.1910-1915, Valuation Office Survey: Sanders, Littaford (Record Office Collection). SDV366980.

Valuation of land and buildings, c.1910-1915. Includes a plan of the farmstead and description of buildings.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV344545Report - Survey: Humphreys, C.. 2003-2005. Dartmoor National Park Authority Historic Farmstead Survey 2003-2005. Southwest Archaeology. 050330. Mixed Archive Material.
SDV348725Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #104026 ]
SDV351745Report - non-specific: Child, P.. 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group: Annual Conference Devon 19-21 September 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6.
SDV356882Report - Survey: Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants. 2014. Higher Lettaford, North Bovey, Devon. Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants. K858. A4 Comb Bound + Digital.
SDV366980Record Office Collection: Valuation Office. c.1910-1915. Valuation Office Survey: Sanders, Littaford. IR 58/86613. A3 stapled + digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV35476Parent of: Barn north of Sanders in Lettaford (Building)
MDV14698Parent of: Farm Buildings north of Sanders Farmhouse at Lettaford (Building)
MDV35475Parent of: Linhay north-west of Sanders in Lettaford (Building)
MDV8722Parent of: Sanders Farmhouse, Lettaford (Building)
MDV77042Related to: Higher Lettaford, North Bovey (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 17 2026 4:23PM