MEM25027 - The Old Rectory, Challacombe (Building)

The Tithe Map for Challacombe depicts a large building at SS 6879 4042, with several small enclosures around it. It is labelled 702, which the Apportionment describes as "Glebe: House and Outhouses", owned and occupied by the Reverend William Henry Carwithin. The adjacent parcels are described as court or gardens. [1] The building is shown on the 25 inch 2st Edition Ordnance Survey map, with some outbuildings to the northwest and within an area of enclosures and landscaping. It is labelled "Rectory." [2] The building is shown on the 2021 MasterMap data. It is labelled "The Old Rectory". [3] The house is described in sales particulars as being of 16th century origin, despite its 19th century remodelling and the presence of date plaques with the legend 1843. [4] The Diocese of Exeter holds records for the death of an early Rector of Challacombe, Thomas Hunte, who died in May 1543, but also notes the appointment of a new Rector in March of that year, possibly as Thomas Hunte had become too unwell to continue his duties. Records continue for the appointment and discharge of clergy for the parish, with a notable early long term appointment of Richard Garrett, who was appointed in 1557 and died in post in 1582. The archive records begin in 1540 but records of earlier incumbents may exist elsewhere, although manorial records are only available from 1600. [5]