Huntsham

Welcome to Huntsham

Huntsham is a small parish in the heart of the Devon countryside. The parish is home to the All Saints Church, a church which is thought to have been consecrated as early as 1336 and then restored by Arthur Troyte, who employed Benjamin Ferrey to completely rebuild the church around 1856.

Near to the church is the former manor house, the beautiful Huntsham Court. The house in its current Tudor Gothic style condition came about when Charles Troyte (Arthur’s son) married Katherine Mary Walrond of Cullompton in 1864 – the previous style of the court was criticised by the Walrond Family and was deemed unsuitable for their daughter.

Huntsham Court was quite literally built for a bride, which is fitting as the stunning venue is now used for weddings!

Interesting Facts

• Charles Troyte and Katherine Mary Walrond’s son, Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte, was a Conservative MP for Tiverton in 1924 – 1945. His niece, Anne Wignall, was an English socialite and author who went by the names Alice Acland and Anne Marreco. Both of them are buried in the All Saints Church churchyard.
• Author, humourist and screenwriter Douglas Adams stayed at Huntsham Court for ten weeks in the summer of 1984 to work on his book So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, the fourth book in his trilogy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime.
• Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye also used Huntsham Court, it was used as a backdrop for their ‘Shine a Light’ music video.

Nearby

• Hockworthy
• Clayhanger
• Bampton
• Tiverton
• Uplowman

Acknowledgement  

Image courtesy of Lewis Clarke / Huntsham : Huntsham Court / licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.