Bovey House Including Outbuilding Adjoining North

SY 29 SW BEER BOVEY LANE 13/40 11.9.51 Bovey House including outbuilding adjoining north GV II*

Manor house used as an hotel. Of medieval origin. Largely rebuilt and extended in early and late C16 and altered again in the 1660s. Once the seat of the Walrond family. Large stone house with slate roof with stone coping to gable ends. Asymmetrical plan. Four bay east front. The left hand two storeys are said to have been reduced in height in 1868. The right two bays are three storeys with stringcourses and parapet and possibly of earlier origin with a moulded two-centred arch doorway on left hand return. Ovolo moulded mullion windows with hood moulds, ground floor left two six-light windows with transoms. Moulded lead rainwater head dated 1592. West wing at rear: two storeys and attic with three gables and gabled projection in the angle. Interior: The hall, now the drawing room and formerly two rooms has two late C17 moulded plaster ceilings and moulded panelling with cornices and chimneypieces. The dining room has linenfold panelling with a frieze with medallion busts and an inlaid overmantel. First floor room has very interesting C17 moulded plaster coffered ceiling with a large oak tree in the central oval surrounded by smaller trees and a small equestrian figures. This room has moulded panelling and pilastered overmantel to four-centred arch chimney piece. Including outbuilding adjoining north which contains a large timber tread wheel for raising water from a well. Ref: Country Life Vol 30, page 674.

Listing NGR: SY2084890370