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Mearsdon Manor
Grid ref: SX 7546 8603
On walking routes: Dunsford to Moretonhampstead Trail, Moretonhampstead North Bovey Circular
Mearsdon Manor is a listed building occupying one of the long-settled valleys that border Dartmoor. The house represents the kind of modest gentry or substantial farmhouse that has anchored moorland communities for generations, its fabric showing the patching and adaptation typical of buildings that have survived and evolved over centuries.
Today it stands as a private residence within its landscape, a reminder of how Dartmoor's edges were managed and inhabited by families whose livelihoods depended on the moor itself. The building's Grade II* designation reflects its architectural or historical significance to the area.
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