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purchased the house, which was eventually demolished without a trace surviving above ground. Some materials were used to construct a new village hall. A few specimen trees survive, but all traces of the orchard, terraces, tennis court and walled garden have vanished. The imposing entrance gates and
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Col. Richard Arthur Moore-Stevens (1854-1931), was the son and heir of John Curzon Moore-Stevens. In 1886 he married his third cousin May Clare Sophy
Haworth. They had three children: John (born 1900), Ralph (born 1904) and Joyce. A very religious man, he disinherited his son for marrying a Roman
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Winscott under the will of Elizabeth Clevland, He adopted the name and arms of Stevens, by royal licence dated 12 July 1817, on the death of John Clevland, as a condition of his wife's will. According to the death notices in the 1832 Annual Register, Thomas
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nearby. Said to have cost over £7,000, the building incorporated a central hall almost 30 feet square. Left empty in 1920, it was finally demolished and all that remains today is a flat area in the middle of a field.
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Visitation of Devon, Moore; Lysons (Magna Britannia, Vol.6, 1822, Gentry) on the other hand states Thomas Stevens to have acquired Winscott "by the bequest of the late John Cleveland, Esq."
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of 1086 records the manor of "Winescote" as one of thirty-one manors, including "Mirland" (Peters
Marland) and "Tuchbere" (Twigbeare), held by Roald Dubbed. Before 1066 it was held by Alwin.
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Winscott for several centuries – it was the home of the Stevens family, long prominent in Torrington. The family also owned
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Colby, Frederic Thomas, Pedigree of the family of
Stevens of Vielstone, Cross, and Winscott. Published by W. Pollard, Exeter, 1891.
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He also rebuilt the nave and chancel of St Peter's Church, Peters
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