Orleigh Court | |
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Location | Buckland Brewer, Devon, England |
Coordinates | 50°58′42″N 4°14′18″W / 50.9783°N 4.2382°W |
Built | Early/mid 14th century, but much remodelled |
Architect | Various, latest major changes by J. H. Hakewill c.1870 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 22 January 1952[1] |
Reference no. | 91389 |
Orleigh Court is a late medieval manor house in the parish of Buckland Brewer about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Bideford, North Devon, England. It is a two-storeyed building constructed from local slate stone and has a great hall with a hammer-beam roof, installed in the late 15th century.
The building was substantially altered in the early 18th century and remodelled after 1869. It was redeveloped for multiple occupancy in the 1980s and is now divided into about twelve apartments. It was the birthplace of the famous explorer and discoverer of the source of the River Nile, John Hanning Speke (1827–1864).