Blackborough House
Blackborough House is a grade II listed country house in the parish of Blackborough, Devon, about 7 miles north-west of Honiton. It was built in 1838 by James T. Knowles [1] for George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont, of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset. It was never completed, as was also the case for his other nearby palatial Devon residence Silverton Park, demolished in 1901. Originally designed as an Italianate palace, there were no funds to complete it, so it was constructed as two smaller, linked buildings for the Earl and his brother. The house was variously used as a school, a religious institution for wayfarers, and as a training centre for conscientious objectors for relief work[2] during World War II and briefly as a Youth Hostel (1945).[3]
In 2011 the house was semi-derelict and had long been surrounded by a car scrap yard[4] owned by Ralph Sanders, an amateur racing driver,[5] who operates a car spare-parts business and is said to have old racing cars parked inside the house.[6] In 2011 the house and 12 acres were for sale for £1m (later reduced to £750,000), but did not sell, and was subsequently withdrawn.[7]
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- ↑ Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England, Devon, Second edition, Penguin Books, 1991.
- ↑ Stanley Smith, Spiceland Quaker Training Centre, Cups without saucers, William Sessions Limited, 1990 ISBN 1 85072 064 9.
- ↑ "Grade-II listed Devon mansion and mill included in dereliction hall of shame". This is Devon.
- ↑ "Buildings at risk for sale - take your pick!". Save Britain's Heritage. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ↑ http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/1537844.print/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/NationalBangers/posts/496735220369628
- ↑ http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29846428.html
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Coordinates: 50°52′46″N 3°17′42″W / 50.8795°N 3.2951°W