Fowlescombe Manor
Fowelscombe is a historic Manorialism, manor in the parish of UgboroughRisdon, p.179 in Devon, England. The large ancient manor house known as Fowelscombe House survives only as an ivy-covered "romantic ruin"William George Hoskins, Hoskins, W.G., A New Survey of England: Devon, London, 1959 (first published 1954), p.509 overgrown by trees and nettles, situated 1 mile south-east of the village of Ugborough. The ruins are a Grade II listed building. It is believed to be one of three possible houses on which Arthur Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle based his "Baskerville Hall" in his novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', (1901–02) the others being Hayford Hall (also owned by John King (died 1861) of Fowelscombe) and Brook Manor. History In the time of William Pole (antiquary), William Pole (died 1635), the manor of Fowelscombe comprised the estates of Bolterscombe, Smythescombe and Black Hall, situated in the parishes of Ugborough and North Huish.Pole, p.315 ;Fowell :The earliest memb ...
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