Designation:
Devon Local List
Period/Century:
- pre-C16
Post Code:
EX14
Parish:
Honiton
Local Authority:
East Devon
OS Grid Ref:
ST 143 107
Map no.:
Landranger 192
Description:
In this remote spot William Brewer, Sheriff of Devon, founded a Cistercian abbey In 1201, a daughter house of Forde in Dorset. A house was built by Elizabeth Simcoe on the site of the abbey. White merely noted it as a ’pleasant seat’. Surviving garden features include the abbey fishponds and part of the early C16 gatehouse.
Listed Buildings
Ruins of Gatehouse Grade II
References
Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 343
T Gray: The Garden History of Devon,1995: 92
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