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Jacobean manor house built in 1610 by Richard Reynell and his wife Lucy. It was built with an E-shaped floor plan thought to be in honour of Queen Elizabeth I, who had died in 1603.
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. The building was substantially enlarged c. 1610 and is noted for its fine 17th-century wood-carving and plasterwork. 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.
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For a long time, it was the only traditional malthouse in the UK open to the public. The malt house produced malt for over 30 breweries, and enough to brew 15,000,000 imperial pints (8,500 m3) of beer per annum. It closed in 2018.
It displays the history of Newton Abbot and of the Great Western Railway.
All that remains of the medieval chapel of St Leonard, founded in 1220. The main chapel was demolished in 1836 to ease traffic congestion.
Medieval manor house.