Blackborough, Devon
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| OS grid reference | ST0960008825 |
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| District | Mid Devon |
| Shire county | Devon |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CULLOMPTON |
| Postcode district | EX15 2 |
| Dialling code | 01884 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Tiverton and Honiton |
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Blackborough is a hamlet and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Cullompton, which lies approximately 4.7 miles (7.6 km) south-west from the hamlet.
It is home to Hayne Farm, the Old Smithy, and Blackborough House.
Blackborough House
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Blackborough is home to the Grade II listed building Blackborough House. This was built in 1838 by George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont, but was never completed. Originally designed as an Italianate palace, there were no funds to complete it, so it was constructed as two smaller, linked buildings.
The house was variously used as a school, a religious institution for wayfarers and for training conscientious objectors for relief work[1] during World War II.[2]
As of 2011, the house is semi-derelict and surrounded, as previously recorded [3] by a car dump or scrap yard.[4]
References
- ↑ Stanley Smith, Cups without saucers, Spiceland Quaker Training Centre, William Sessions Limited, 1990. ISBN 1-85072-064-9
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- ↑ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Devon. Second edition. Penguin Books, 1991.
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