Fardel Manor

Fardel Manor is a medieval manor house in South Hams, Devon, which was successively the home of the Raleigh and Hele families.

Location

The house is in the parish of Cornwood, about half-way between Cornwood and Ivybridge. it is just outside the Dartmoor National Park on its south-western border. The manor is referred to in Domesday Book as "Ferdendel"[1], which means "fourth part", that is, quarter of some larger estate.[2]

Building

The manor comprises a complex group of buildings of widely varying dates consisting of a double-courtyard mansion with a third courtyard of farm buildings to the west. There is a separate chapel known to have been licensed in 1422[2][1] or perhaps 1432.[3][4] The house is a Grade I listed buillding;[5] the chapel is listed as Grade II*.[6] There is a walled garden with a fish pond.[7]

Owners and Residents

The manor came into the possession of the Raleigh family on the marriage of Joan Newton to Sir John Ralegh in 1303.[1] Later members of the family resident there included Members of Parliament Adam Ralegh {c.1480–1545 or later)[8] and Carew Raleigh (ca. 1550 – ca. 1625).[9] The latter sold the estate to Walter Hele,[1] father of Elize Hele (1560–1635) the lawyer and philanthropist, in whose family it remained until 1740. After that there were several owners, one of whom was Sir Robert Palk (1717–1798).[10]

Ancient Inscription

In the mid-nineteenth century a large stone, which had been used as part of a footbridge over a stream at Fardel, was recognised as bearing an Ogham inscription. The inscription, in Goidelic (Primitive Irish), reads "SVAQQUCI MAQI QICI", meaning ""[The stone] of Safaqqucus, son of Qicus". In 1861 the stone was presented to the British Museum, where it remains.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cornwood Online Parish Clerk Pages
  2. 1 2 "Fardel Manor | Devon Archive". devonruralarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  3. ↑ Dartmoor Trust. "Fardel manor house". Dartmoor Archive. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  4. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England - Devon (second ed.).
  5. ↑ "FARDEL MANOR HOUSE INCLUDING WALLS TO NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST, Cornwood - 1162392". Historic England. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  6. ↑ "CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF FARDEL MANOR HOUSE, Cornwood - 1325390". Historic England. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  7. ↑ Devon Gardens Trust
  8. ↑ Adam Ralegh in History of Parliament
  9. ↑ Carew Raleigh in History of Parliament
  10. ↑ Lysons, Daniel; Lysons, Samuel (1822). Magna Britannia. vol 6.
  11. ↑ Celtic Inscribed Stones Project at UCL

Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 3°57′15″W / 50.4003°N 3.9543°W / 50.4003; -3.9543

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