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Latitude: 50.748 / 50°44'52"N
Longitude: -3.068 / 3°4'4"W
OS Eastings: 324750
OS Northings: 94815
OS Grid: SY247948
Mapcode National: GBR PD.VC77
Mapcode Global: FRA 47G3.GL1
Plus Code: 9C2RPWXJ+6R
Entry Name: Colcombe Castle House
Listing Date: 8 May 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1170102
English Heritage Legacy ID: 87829
ID on this website: 101170102
Location: Kingsdon, East Devon, EX24
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Colyton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Colyton St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: House
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COLYTON
COLCOMBE
Colcombe Castle House
8.5.67
II
House. Circa C17 with later alterations. Stone rubble with quoins and rendered front. Slate roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Two window range. Modern metal frame casements replace former stone mullion windows. Central plank door with modern gabled porch. Extended at rear to form deep plan and with further extension with catslide roof.
Interior: heavy stopped chamfer ceiling beams.
On the site of and possibly incorporating some of the remains of Colcombe Castle one of the seats of the Courtenays, Earls of Devon, and first built in late C13, by Hugh de Courtenay, partly rebuilt by Henry Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter, but after his execution in 1540 it was confiscated by the Crown. Returned to Edward Marquis of Exeter who died in 1556. Bought by William Pole of Shute whose son William Pole the historian and antiquarian completed the house and made Colcombe his residence.
Listing NGR: SY2475094815
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