| Brightley | |
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 Brightley Barton, the seat of the principal secondary manor within the parish of Chittlehampton. The 17th-century house was substantially larger than the present building | |
| Location | Chittlehampton, Devon, England |
| Built | 15th century |
Brightley was historically the principal secondary estate within the parish and former manor of Chittlehampton in the county of Devon, England, situated about 2 1/4 miles south-west of the church and on a hillside above the River Taw. From the early 16th century to 1715 it was the seat of the Giffard family, whose mansion house occupied the moated site immediately to the west of the present large farmhouse known as Brightley Barton, a Grade II listed building which incorporates some elements of the earlier house.[1] It is not to be confused with the 12th-century Brightley Priory near Okehampton.[a]
- ^ Listed buildings text, Brightley Barton
- ^ Risdon, p.320
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