Venue Type & Location
Overview
Located near the S coast road from Dartmouth to Plymouth at the head of the River Yealm estuary.
An early 18th c. country house with landscaped gardens now remains on or near the site of the Crockers' medieval manor house. Some earlier material has been incorporated in the basement (the original ground floor of the 16th c. house).
Performance History
A probable performance venue. Although relevant family records do not survive, entertainer(s) under the patronage of John Crocker appeared elsewhere in Devon in the late 15th c.
Current Status
History of the Venue
later 14th c. Manor acquired by John Crocker of Crocker's Hele (near Hatherleigh, Devon) via marriage to Agnes, daughter of Giles Churchill. Their son John took up residence at Lyneham in 1403.
1699--1703 House rebuilt on the same site for Courtenay Crocker.
1740 Inherited by Courtenay's daughter Mary, who married James Bulteel. The Bulteel family owned the property for many generations.
Later purchased by the Bastard family of Kitley, Devon.
By early 19th c. Converted for use as a farmhouse.
Record Source
REED Devon 35
Patrons who owned this venue
| Name | Date | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Crocker, John | 1445-1509 | Knight |
Bibliographic Sources
- Cherry, Bridget, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Devon. London: Penguin Books, 1989
- Gray, Todd. The Garden History of Devon: An Illustrated Guide to Sources. Exeter: U of Exeter P, 1995
- Hoskins, W.G. Devon. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973
- Lysons, Daniel and Samuel. Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. 6 vols. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806--22
- 'Thirteenth Report of the Plymouth and District Branch.'. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art 76 (1944): 93--105.
- Williams, B.H. Ancient Westcountry Families and their Armorial Bearings: A Story of the Old Nobility and Gentry of Devon and Cornwall, with Notes on their Lives, their Manor-Houses and their Charities. 1 vol (only vol ever published). Penzance, Cornw: J.A.D. Bridger, 1916