Fardel, Cornwood
Fardel Manor is a medieval manor house in South Hams, Devon, which was successively the home of the Raleigh and Hele families.
The house is in the parish of Cornwood, about half-way between Cornwood and Ivybridge. it is just outside the Dartmoor National Park on its south-western border. The manor is referred to in Domesday Book as "Ferdendel", which means "fourth part", that is, quarter of some larger estate.
The manor comprises a complex group of buildings of widely varying dates consisting of a double-courtyard mansion with a third courtyard of farm buildings to the west. There is a separate chapel known to have been licensed in 1422 or perhaps 1432. The house is a Grade I listed buillding; the chapel is listed as Grade II*. There is a walled garden with a fish pond.
The manor came into the possession of the Raleigh family on the marriage of Joan Newton to Sir John Ralegh in 1303. Later members of the family resident there included Members of Parliament Adam Ralegh {c.1480–1545 or later) and Carew Raleigh (ca. 1550 – ca. 1625). The latter sold the estate to Walter Hele, father of Elize Hele (1560–1635) the lawyer and philanthropist, in whose family it remained until 1740. After that there were several owners, one of whom was Sir Robert Palk (1717–1798).
In the mid-nineteenth century a large stone, which had been used as part of a footbridge over a stream at Fardel, was recognised as bearing an Ogham inscription. The inscription, in Goidelic (Primitive Irish), reads "SVAQQUCI MAQI QICI", meaning ""[The stone] of Safaqqucus, son of Qicus". Im 1861 the stone was presented to the British Museum, where it remains.
Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 3°57′15″W / 50.4003°N 3.9543°W
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