MDE21389 - Captain's House at Bampfylde Mine (Monument)

Bampfylde Mine. Site of mine captain's house. [1] The house is partly visible in a photograph of the site dating to approximately 1870, which may also include Captain Pope and his family. An 1868 inventory of the site describes a "fine and commodious house". The site of the house was noted as a pile of rubble, with little evidence of the former walls during a site visit. It was apparently extant in 1980s and was described as a "fine house," which had been occupied by Captain Pope. Its plan can be seen on the 25 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map [3]. The roof and chimnies of this building and its outbuildings can be seen behind the main shears and wheel in the 1870 photograph. [2] A large rectangular building is shown on the 25 inch 1889 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map with a very irregular shaped structure to the west. A 'well' and two rectangular buildings are shown to the north and northeast. The complex is in an irregular shaped enclosure to the east of the river. [3] The site of the building is clearly visible on aerial photographs of the area which were examined as part of the Exmoor National Park National Mapping Project in 2009.