Ruins of Old Manor House Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Wray Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1955. Ruins.
Ruins of Old Manor House Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Wray Barton
- WRENN ID
- wild-panel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1955
- Type
- Ruins
- OS grid reference
- SX 770 845
- Coordinates
- 50.64773, -3.74099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of an old manor house are located approximately 40 metres south-south-east of Wray Barton in Moretonhampstead. This late Medieval structure features walls made of granite ashlar, which survive up to the first floor height and include dressed granite details. At the center of the ruins is a doorway with a chamfered pointed arch, which is rebated for a door. To the right of the doorway is a projecting lateral chimney stack that has a chamfered plinth. On the reverse side of the ruins, there are remnants of a fireplace, including chamfered well-cut jambs and the beginnings of a shouldered lintel, although the lintel itself is missing.
This site is noted in the Domesday Book as Wercia or Wergi and was a separate manor from Moreton. White's Directory from 1878 mentions a large Tudor mansion at this location, which is likely the current ruins, indicating that it may have been abandoned or downgraded when a 19th-century house was constructed nearby.
Local climate
Ruins of Old Manor House Approximately 40 Metres South South East of Wray Barton receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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