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
- ^ a b c d Cornwood Online Parish Clerk Pages
- ^ a b "Fardel Manor | Devon Archive". devonruralarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ Dartmoor Trust. "Fardel manor house". Dartmoor Archive. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England - Devon (second ed.).
- ^ "FARDEL MANOR HOUSE INCLUDING WALLS TO NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST, Cornwood - 1162392". Historic England. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "CHAPEL IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF FARDEL MANOR HOUSE, Cornwood - 1325390". Historic England. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ Devon Gardens Trust
- ^ Adam Ralegh in History of Parliament
- ^ Carew Raleigh in History of Parliament
- ^ Lysons, Daniel; Lysons, Samuel (1822). Magna Britannia. Vol. vol 6.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Celtic Inscribed Stones Project at UCL