Ayshford Chapel was built in the 15th century as a private chapel for Ayshford Court which is just behind it, built by the Ashford/Aysford family.
Ayshford Chapel is a Grade I listed fifteenth century former private chapel. The chapel was built in the 15th century by the Ayshford family of adjacent Ayshford Court. It is a small free-standing perpendicular building with diagonal buttresses and a rebuilt bell-cote. The Ayshford estates passed to the Sanford family of Nynehead Court, Somerset, by the marriage of the heiress Mary Ayshford (1607–1662), daughter of Henry Ayshford, to Henry Sanford (1612–1644). A mural monument to the couple survives in Nynehead Church.
The interior of the 15th century private chapel of the Ayshford Family, restored by "Friends of Friendless Churches".
The Grade I Listed Tudor Manor House of Holcombe Rogus was built by Sir Roger Bluett c1560. The manor of Holcombe Rogus had been acquired by the Bluett family in the early 15th century following the marriage of Sir John Bluett, Lord of the Manor of neighbouring Greenham Barton and Cothay Manor, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Holcombe Rogus, to Maude Chiseldon, daughter and co-heiress of John Chiseldon. The other co-heiress was Margaret Chiseldon who married Sir William Wadham. It is a private house so this was taken through the imposing gates - such a splendid looking manor house and I was able to buy a book on Holcombe Court at the local garage with a forward by the present owner Nigel Wiggins.
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The Grade I Listed Tudor Manor House of Holcombe Rogus was built by Sir Roger Bluett c1560. It's described as perhaps the finest example of a Tudor Mansion House in Devon. Today was the Summer Fete.