Manor of Bideford

Design

Rectangular in shape, a good size with balconies that look over the Torridge river. A staircase goes up to the second floor to the North, otherwise, there is an enclosed ceiling. Wooden flooring, painted red walls. Wooden pillars hold the sections of the second floor up.

Entries

The main exit and entrance is to the east where the road leads down to Bideford. Smaller servants entrances exist all alongside the building.

Sensory & Appearance

Candles on posts and the walls give most of the light. Other light sources are from the open windows that lead out the balconies. Fireplace in the North side of the building provides warmth to the large room. It smells like old plaster and wood polish.

Denizens

Granville Family

• John Leveson-Gower (Prominent Tory politician)

• Lady Evelyn Pierrepont (currently with child, due August)

• John (9 yrs old)

• Gertrude (7 yrs old)

• William (5 yrs old)

• Mary (4 yrs old)

• Frances (1 yr old)

Contents & Furnishings

Tables set along the corners of the room to provide refreshments. Small blue couches to provide seating. On the walls are portraits of the Manor's inhabitants past gone. Notable portraits include:

• Admiral Sir Richard Grenville (died 1591) - famous Captain of the Revenge and an Armed Merchant Fleet Owner, privateer, colonizer, and explorer. He died at the Battle of Flores (1591), fighting heroically against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish.

• Sir Bevil Grenville (died 1643) - a Royalist soldier in the Civil War killed in action in heroic circumstances at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643.

Architecture

Chalk-white masonry, three stories, ivy-covered sides pruned nicely as to not obstruct the windows. Iron doors

Alternative Names

The Devonshire Estate

Type

Manor house / Meeting hall

Parent Location

Bideford

Owning Organization

England