Forde House

Old Forde House, south front
South front viewed from Torquay Road

Forde House, now known as Old Forde House, is a Grade I listed former manor house dating in back to c. 1550 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England.[1] The building was substantially enlarged c. 1610 and is noted for its fine 17th-century wood-carving and plasterwork.[2] Once the manor house of the parish of Wolborough, it is now absorbed into a suburb of Newton Abbot. The south front faces Torquay Road across the house's front lawn. The building was purchased in 1978 by Teignbridge District Council which then built itself a modern headquarters in the grounds which opened in 1987. The council offices now take the name Forde House, and the old mansion is known as Old Forde House.

  1. ^ "Forde House - Newton Abbot - Devon". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1989) [1952]. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). The Buildings of England: Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 589–91. ISBN 0-14-071050-7.