Blackborough, Devon

Blackborough
Blackborough  Blackborough shown within Devon
OS grid reference	ST0960008825
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
List of places UK England Devon

Coordinates: 50°52′19″N 3°17′10″W / 50.872°N 3.286°W

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

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

1. Stanley Smith, Cups without saucers, Spiceland Quaker Training Centre, William Sessions Limited, 1990. ISBN 1-85072-064-9
2. "Grade-II listed Devon mansion and mill included in dereliction hall of shame". This is Devon.
3. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Devon. Second edition. Penguin Books, 1991.
4. "Buildings at risk for sale - take your pick!". Save Britain's Heritage. Retrieved 2012-02-03.