Penhallam

Not to be confused with Penhallym.
Penhallam
Jacobstow, Cornwall

Penhallam Manor House
Penhallam
Coordinates 50°44′56″N 4°31′06″W / 50.74901°N 4.51831°W / 50.74901; -4.51831Coordinates: 50°44′56″N 4°31′06″W / 50.74901°N 4.51831°W / 50.74901; -4.51831
Type Moated manor house
Site information
Controlled by English Heritage
Open to
the public		 Yes

Penhallam (Cornish: Maner Pennalyn/Plas Pennalyn[1]) is the site of a medieval manor house surrounded by a protective moat. It was designated as a Scheduled Monument in 1996 and is now in the guardianship of English Heritage.

Details

The site is situated in the civil parish of Jacobstow in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, one mile west of Week St Mary and seven miles south of Bude.[2]

The site is a grass-covered ruin showing the complete ground-plan of the manor. The manor dates from the late 12th century and was abandoned during the mid-14th century. Penhallam is one of only four such moated medieval manor sites in Cornwall and it consists of a quadrangle of buildings around a central courtyard.[3]

Some excavations took place between 1968–1973 and the foundation trenches recorded by excavation can be seen as low, wire-framed and turf-covered earth banks.

Historical records [4] show that the manor of Penhallam formed part of the honour of Cardinham, held by Richard fitz Turold in 1087, and by his descendants (eventually the de Cardinham family). The male line became extinct with the death of Andrew de Cardinham in about 1256.

By 1270, Andrew's heiress, Isolda de Cardinham, had given Penhallam to the Champernowne family, who held the manor for the rest of the manor's habitation. During much of the early 14th century, it was occupied by the Beaupre family as tenants. It is thought that the site was abandoned by about 1428 when the land was divided into six partitions.[5]

The manor was originally reached by a drawbridge over the moat. Later on in the 13th century a fixed stone bridge was built.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Magakernow.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
  3. 1 2 "Access to Monuments - Penhallam". Historic-cornwall.org.uk. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  4. ↑ Medieval Archaeology: journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology; 18 (1974), pp. 90-145
  5. ↑ "Detailed Result: PENHALLAM MANOR". Pastscape. 1996-06-18. Retrieved 2015-07-15.

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