Membland

Eastern Lodge, a former gatehouse to Membland, with Dartmoor beyond
Bull and Bear gates and entrance lodge to the Membland estate. Built in 1889 by Edward Baring (1828–1897), later "Baron Revelstoke of Membland", a humorous allusion to the surnames of himself and his wife and to the eponymous varieties of stock market speculators

Membland is an historic estate in the parish of Newton and Noss, Devon, situated about 8 miles south-east of the centre of Plymouth. The estate was purchased in about 1877 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897), senior partner of Barings Bank, who rebuilt the mansion house known as Membland Hall. He suffered financial troubles and in 1899 the estate and Hall were sold to property developer John Headon Stanbury.[1] A year later Membland was sold to ship builder William Cresswell Gray.[2][3] The house became derelict after World War I and was demolished in 1927.[4] Several of the estate's service buildings survive, including the Bull and Bear gatekeeper's lodge, stables, gasworks, forge and laundry. On the site of the house a smaller dwelling was built between 1966 and 1968.[5]

  1. ^ "The Late Lord Revelstoke's Membland Estate". The Pall Mall Gazette. 22 March 1899. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Membland Estate in South Devon". The Pall Mall Gazette. 14 March 1900. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Gray, William Cresswell". Hartlepool History Then & Now. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Another Demolition". The Observer. 4 September 1927. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.566