Hartland Abbey is a former
abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
and current family home to the Stucley family. It is located in
Hartland, Devon
The village of Hartland, whose parish incorporates the hamlet of Stoke to the west and the village of Meddon in the south, is the most north-westerly settlement in the county of Devon, England.
Now a large village which acts as a centre for a r ...
. The current owner is
Sir Hugh George Copplestone Bampfylde Stucley, 6th Baronet.
History
Hartland Abbey was built in 1157 and consecrated by
Bartholomew Iscanus
Bartholomew of Exeter (died 1184) was a medieval Bishop of Exeter. He came from Normandy and after being a clerk of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was made Archdeacon of Exeter in 1155. He became Bishop of Exeter in 1161. Known for his knowl ...
in 1160.
["Hartland Abbey and Gardens" at hartlandabbey.co.uk](_blank)
/ref> (Bartholomew was appointed Bishop of Exeter
The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. Since 30 April 2014 the ordinary has been Robert Atwell. the following year.) Hartland was of the Augustinian order. The Botreaux family of Boscastle
Boscastle ( kw, Kastel Boterel) is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Forrabury and Minster (where the 2011 Census population was included) . It is south of Bude and northeast of Tin ...
, Cornwall, were among the most generous donors to the Abbey. (Male heirs were apparently all named William, until the death in 1462 of the last of the line William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux
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.) In 1187 a William de Botreaux gave the advowson
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s of the churches in his manors of Molland
Molland is a small village, civil parish, dual ecclesiastical parish with Knowstone, located in the foothills of Exmoor in Devon, England. It lies within the North Devon local government district. At the time of the 2001 Census, the village ...
and Knowstone
Knowstone is a village and civil parish situated in the North Devon district of Devon, England, halfway between the Mid Devon town of Tiverton, Devon and the North Devon town of South Molton. The hamlet of East Knowstone lies due east of the vi ...
in Devon, and of the church of Forrabury in his Cornish manor of Boscastle, to the Abbey. The grants were confirmed by a charter ''temp.'' from King Richard I (1189-1199) and the property was converted into an Augustinian Abbey in 1189.
Dissolution
In 1539 it was dissolved by Henry VIII
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. The King gave the building to William Abbot, his Sergeant of the Wine Cellar at Hampton Court
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. Along with the Priory at Bodmin, which Abbott soon sold to the use of that town. William Abbot converted what had been the Abbot's Lodging into a mansion. In September 1544 the following lands of "Hartland Priory" were granted, with other lands, by Henry VIII to Thomas Godwyne in fee, for a consideration of £1,122 2s 6d: "the messuage, etc., called Abbottes in the parish of Molland
Molland is a small village, civil parish, dual ecclesiastical parish with Knowstone, located in the foothills of Exmoor in Devon, England. It lies within the North Devon local government district. At the time of the 2001 Census, the village ...
alias Batters Moland (i.e. "Molland Bottreaux"), Devon, in tenure of Anthony Deye and a messuage
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, etc., in Moore alias Moore Town, in Bedyford (i.e. Bideford
Bideford ( ) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. It is the main town of the Torridge local government district.
Toponymy
In ancient records Bideford is recorded as ''Bedeford'', ''By ...
)parish, Devon, in tenure of Richard Penhorewod" In March 1547 a royal licence was obtained by James Gunter and Henry Wescott, who presumably had been granted them on dissolution, to alienate the "rectory and advowson of the vicarage of Knoweston and Molland, Devon" to Hugh Culme.
Present building
The present house incorporates a few components from Tudor times, including some fine wainscoting. The addition of two wings in 1705 are attributed to John Meadows, who also worked on Eggesford House and Arlington, on which commission he died. A fine interior exists and has examples from the 'Gothik' work of Batty Langley
Batty Langley (''baptised'' 14 September 1696 – 3 March 1751) was an English garden designer, and prolific writer who produced a number of engraved designs for "Gothick" structures, summerhouses and garden seats in the years before the mid-18th ...
. The main ranges of the house were taken down to the level of the cloisters and rebuilt in the Strawberry Hill Gothic
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style, made popular by Lord Walpole
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Since 1797 holders also hold the title of Baron Walpole of Wolterton. Past holders have also held the titles Baron Walpole of Houghton in the County ...
. Further alterations were commissioned by Sir George Stucley in the mid-1800s. He engaged George Gilbert Scott and the building was remodelled to give a formal entrance through a new porch on the north end. Two bay windows were installed on the east frontage. Internally the drawing room and dining rooms were presented in a style similar to that found in the Palace of Westminster
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, each having fine wall panelling (Elizabethan in the dining room & entrance, linenfold in the drawing room). both rooms have a series of painted murals by Alfred Beer
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of Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.
In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...
around the walls. These depict events in English and Irish history in which Sir George Stucley felt his ancestors were engaged. Alfred Beer was also commissioned to make the fine painted glass wedding window on the staircase. Sir George had the main passage decorated in a style and colours to represent the Alhambra Palace style which he had recently visited. Gilbert Scott engaged Richard Coad as his supervising architect on these improvements and the contractor was Pulsman of Barnstaple
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.[Country Life 1983]
(the north-west corner being the work of 'Mr Mathews', according to the author of the ''Beauties of England and Wales''). Further alterations were made in about 1860.[Pevsner, N. (1952) North Devon. Penguin Books] The gardens were laid out by Gertrude Jekyll
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.
Filming location
The Blackpool cottage on the Estate featured as Mrs Dashwood's home in the 2008 BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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. The cottage was also used as a location for the 2016
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