Devon house : the story of Poltimore / Jocelyn Hemming, edited by Peter Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemming, Jocelyn.

Contributor:

Howard, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings--Great Britain.

Dwellings.

Historic sites--Great Britain.

Historic sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Oregon : University of Plymouth Press in association with Intellect Books, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A DEVON HOUSE relates the story of one of Devon's great houses through the people and events which have coloured its existence over the past 400 years. The book traces the architectural progression of Poltimore from Tudor manor to grand 20th century mansion, records its historic role in England's tempestuous Civil War and details its use after 1920 as first a school and then a hospital. It will appeal to all those who knew the house and estate in a personal capacity in the past, those who have visited it since the formation of Poltimore House Trust in 2000 and the Friends of Poltimore House in

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Family Tree; Poltimore Plan; Introduction; Invaders, a kidnapping and a Charitable Deed: 100 BC- AD 1600; Royalist to Parlamentarian: Conflict and a Hard-won Treaty; The Bampfylde Builders: from the 17th to the 20th Century; The Pleasures that go with Learning 1923-1945; The Poltimore Hospitals: 1945-1975; Two Decades of Disaster: 1976-1997; The Millenium and Beyond; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610477371

9781280477355

1280477350

9781280477379

1280477377

9781417594184

1417594187

9781841509372

184150937X

9781841509389

1841509388

OCLC:

70729342