Revelstoke Park House

Revelstoke Park House is a farmhouse, now in mixed domestic and office use, dating from the 17th century or earlier with remodelling in the 19th century. The building is of two storeys and comprises a five-bay structure, with the easternmost two bays set slightly below the three bays towards the west. The west end is gabled and the east end is hipped. The three-window range features a ground floor 20th-century bay window; the other windows are late 19th or early 20th-century timber casements with two lights and glazing bars. A 19th-century gabled porch with a chamfered-arch doorway set under a label moulding is positioned off-centre towards the east, containing a 17th-century panelled door with nail-studding. A large stack with a moulded cap stands on the front wall at the break between the two ranges. The west end below the roof hips has a lean-to open porch. The building has roughcast rubble stone elevations under slate roofs with tall roughcast stacks.

The plan consists of a long single-depth range running east-west with outshuts and extensions to the rear.

The farmhouse originated no later than the 17th century in an isolated position south of Noss Mayo, in the former manor of Stoke. Richard Revel, lord of Stoke in 1198, gave the manor its name of Revelstoke. In 1226, the church of St Peter's was built on the cliffs at Stoke, and still stands partially ruined south of the site. King Edward I granted the manor of Stok to Mathew Fitzjohn in 1287, leading to the village being named Noss Mayo—Mathew's Nose. The area's fortunes, founded mainly on fishing around the Yealm estuary, varied through the centuries as lands were divided among local manors. Major change came after 1877 when Edward Baring, the 1st Lord Revelstoke of the banking family, purchased the Membland estate and transformed the 18th-century house, which was demolished in 1945. In the remainder of the 19th century, many additions and improvements were made to farm buildings around the estate, and Revelstoke Park House was likely remodelled during this period. The 1895 Barings bank crash brought financial disaster; the manor was sold, and in subsequent sales in 1915 much property in and around Noss Mayo passed into private ownership. The house appears to have remained largely unaltered since until the later 20th century, when a western porch and small first-floor extension were added. A caravan park was established in the grounds, and in the early 21st century the house was partially converted to office use.