Mothecombe

View towards Mothecombe House
Arms of Pollexfen: Quarterly argent and azure, in the 1 and 4 quarter a lion rampant gules

Mothecombe is an historic estate in the parish of Holbeton in South Devon, England. The mansion house of the estate is Mothecombe House, a grade I listed building[1] in the Queen Anne style.

History

The estate of Mothecombe was inherited by John Pollexfen (fl.1620) of Kitley in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon, on his marriage to the daughter and heiress of Stretchley of Mothecombe.[2] The surviving Mothecombe House was built by his great-great grandson John Pollexfen in about 1720.[3] He was the son of Warwick Pollexfen of Mothecombe by his wife Elizabeth Osborne, daughter of John Osborne of Churchstowe in Devon. Warwick Pollexfen was the youger son of John Pollexfen (born 1619) of nearby Kitley in the parish of Yealmpton, Devon.[4] In 1872 it was acquired by Henry Bingham Mildmay (d.1905) of nearby Flete House in the parish of Holbeton and of Shoreham Place in Kent, a partner in Barings Bank.[5] In 2016 it remains the property and main residence of his descendant Anthony Mildmay-White (born 1948), owner of the Flete estate.

References

  1. ↑ Listed building text
  2. ↑ Vivian, p.600 "Maddecombe"
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.581
  4. ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.600, pedigree of Pollexfen of Kitley
  5. ↑ http://www.flete.co.uk/history/
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