Clovelly court
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Clovelly Court is a privately owned country house situated in Clovelly
, Devon
. The house and adjacent stable block are Grade II listed buildings.
The manor of Clovelly was for over 600 years owned by the Cary family but in 1738 the estate was sold to locally born Lincolns Inn lawyer Zachary Hamlyn. He replaced the old manor house with the new and present mansion in 1740. On his death he left the property to his nephew James Hammnet who changed his name to Hamlyn. He married Arabella Williams, a Carmarthenshire heiress, and was created a baronet
in 1795. (see Hamlyn-Williams Baronets
)in which year he carried out substantial improvements to the house.
The 4600-acre estate passed on the death of the 3rd and last baronet in 1861 to his son Neville and then following his early death to the baronet's eldest daughter Susan Hester Hamlyn-Williams who married Henry Fane, creating the Hamlyn Fane family.
The house and estate remain in the family and are managed by the Hon. John Rous (b. 1950), great-great-grandson of Susan Hester Hamlyn Fane, great-grandson of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and son of the 5th Earl of Stradbroke
.
The gardens and parts of the estate, but not the house, are open to the public.
Clovelly
Clovelly is a village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. It is a major tourist attraction, famous for its history and beauty, its extremely steep car-free cobbled main street, donkeys, and its location looking out over the Bristol Channel. Thick woods shelter it and render the climate so...
, Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
. The house and adjacent stable block are Grade II listed buildings.
The manor of Clovelly was for over 600 years owned by the Cary family but in 1738 the estate was sold to locally born Lincolns Inn lawyer Zachary Hamlyn. He replaced the old manor house with the new and present mansion in 1740. On his death he left the property to his nephew James Hammnet who changed his name to Hamlyn. He married Arabella Williams, a Carmarthenshire heiress, and was created a baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
in 1795. (see Hamlyn-Williams Baronets
Hamlyn-Williams Baronets
The Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams Baronetcy, of Clovelly in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 7 July 1795 for James Hamlyn. He was the husband of Arabella, daughter of Thomas Williams. Their son, the second Baronet, assumed the additional surname...
)in which year he carried out substantial improvements to the house.
The 4600-acre estate passed on the death of the 3rd and last baronet in 1861 to his son Neville and then following his early death to the baronet's eldest daughter Susan Hester Hamlyn-Williams who married Henry Fane, creating the Hamlyn Fane family.
The house and estate remain in the family and are managed by the Hon. John Rous (b. 1950), great-great-grandson of Susan Hester Hamlyn Fane, great-grandson of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and son of the 5th Earl of Stradbroke
Earl of Stradbroke
Earl of Stradbroke, in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for John Rous, 1st Baron Rous, who had earlier represented Suffolk in the House of Commons...
.
The gardens and parts of the estate, but not the house, are open to the public.