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| HER Number: | MDV77044 |
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| Name: | Sanders Farmstead, Lettaford |
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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 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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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
| SDV344545 | Report - Survey: Humphreys, C.. 2003-2005. Dartmoor National Park Authority Historic Farmstead Survey 2003-2005. Southwest Archaeology. 050330. Mixed Archive Material. |
| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #104026 ] |
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| SDV351745 | Report - non-specific: Child, P.. 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group: Annual Conference Devon 19-21 September 2003. Historic Farm Buildings Group. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6. |
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| SDV356882 | Report - Survey: Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants. 2014. Higher Lettaford, North Bovey, Devon. Keystone Historic Buildings Consultants. K858. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV366980 | Record Office Collection: Valuation Office. c.1910-1915. Valuation Office Survey: Sanders, Littaford. IR 58/86613. A3 stapled + digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV35476 | Parent of: Barn north of Sanders in Lettaford (Building) |
| MDV14698 | Parent of: Farm Buildings north of Sanders Farmhouse at Lettaford (Building) |
| MDV35475 | Parent of: Linhay north-west of Sanders in Lettaford (Building) |
| MDV8722 | Parent of: Sanders Farmhouse, Lettaford (Building) |
| MDV77042 | Related to: Higher Lettaford, North Bovey (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 17 2026 4:23PM |
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